Michelle Wu
Inside South Station Tower, Boston’s Big Bet on Downtown Living
A quarter-century in the making, Boston’s South Station Tower is finally here—690 feet of gleaming ambition packed with offices and luxury condos, shooting up from […]
What Really Happened to Tom O’Brien’s Mayoral Run?
On a Monday morning this past March, Tom O’Brien was in his office at HYM Investment Group checking his emails when his phone rang. It […]
Has Boston Business Lost Its Juice?
Of all the trappings of corporate and political spin, none is more ubiquitous than the grip-and-grin. You’ve seen it a million times: bigwigs emerging from […]
This Bike Lanes Story Isn’t Really About Bike Lanes
For decades on Brighton’s Western Avenue, neighbors and others in the know have flocked to Big Daddy’s Pizza & Sub Shop for massive slices of […]
Provincetown, Raúl Esparza, and a Parade of Scary Exes
You could probably hear the standing ovation all the way in Boston when beloved businesswoman Lynne Kortenhaus was honored by the Fine Arts Work Center […]
Overheard: “My Phone Auto-Corrected Your Name to ‘Nasty’”
Only the American Repertory Theater could pull off a Gatsby-level gala in a hockey arena, and, in fact, the main topic of conversation during cocktails […]
Partying Amid Tomfoolery and Shenanigans of Falstaffian Proportions
The ballroom of the Newbury Boston hotel was transformed into an elegant facsimile of a summer evening on Boston Common for Commonwealth Shakespeare Company’s annual […]
Is Boston’s Economy Doomed?
From the gleaming office buildings that tower over Boston’s Financial District—including an upper-floor conference room at One Financial Center, where a who’s who of the […]
Meet the Four Investors Bringing Women’s Soccer to Boston (Again)
No matter how many times we try, or how much we love our hometown teams, Boston has seldom been able to expand its professional sports […]
Cat Masks, “Dumb Money,” and Chicken Tenders in Champagne
It was an everyone-who’s-anyone sort of affair when bestseller machine Ben Mezrich and his wife, Tonya (Boston magazine’s style editor), hosted a VIP premiere of […]
Inside the Bunker with Michelle Wu
Mayor Michelle Wu has a clock on her phone that keeps track of exactly one thing: the number of days she has left in office. […]
The 150 Most Influential Bostonians in 2023
For years, Boston’s women have fought for a seat at the tables of power. Now, in a stream of elections, appointments, and hires over the […]
Can This Man Blow up City Development without Destroying Boston?
On a chilly morning last April, some of Boston’s most successful developers descended on Beacon Hill’s storied Francis Parkman House for an invite-only reception held […]
Five Things to Know about Life in Michelle Wu’s Office at City Hall
When I arrive at Mayor Michelle Wu’s office in early April to interview her for our annual power issue, she has exactly 1,372 more days […]