Critics of a proposed Boston zoning plan are fuming over new regulations that they say will “Manhattanize” the city’s historic downtown with shadow-casting 700-foot skyscrapers.

Zoning changes proposed for downtown, stretching from the Boston Common to the Rose Kennedy Greenway, would allow developers to construct new buildings up to 700 feet tall, or about 70 stories, in ...

The long-awaited zoning rules would clear the way for skyscrapers to help revive downtown and ease the housing crunch.

First Watch will open a new breakfast restaurant in downtown Boston in late 2025, expanding its New England presence.

The Boston Police Department is investigating a shooting that left two men hospitalized in Downtown Crossing early Saturday morning.Just before 12:30 a.m. Saturday, officers responded to a radio ...

BOSTON, MASS. — A Brattleboro man was arrested in connection to a shooting in downtown Boston. Eliezer Quinones, 26, of Brattleboro, and Jahleel Sanders-Williams, 28, of Lynn, Mass., are expected to ...

After nearly 100 top officials promised visible changes in “days and weeks” to increase downtown Boston’s public safety, a new city task force was created to get the job done — and Winter ...

Downtown Boston sidewalks, vacant building facades and more will get an upgrade this spring in response to urgent neighborhood public safety threats.

As crime has reached a 7-year high in Downtown Crossing, Boston’s mayor, top cop and prosecutor are blaming congregate drug use from Mass and Cass spillover and plan to focus on treating, rather ...

Downtown Boston has faced a surge in public safety issues over the past 18 months, with rising concerns about discarded needles, shoplifting and recent stabbings, according to community members.

Boston can brag about being among the safest big US cities, but drug-dealing, shoplifting, and petty crime continue to plague the Boston Common and Downtown Crossing area.

The report, released Thursday by the Massachusetts Taxpayers Foundation, says downtown Boston's future depends on whether we can make commuting and living there easier.