With multimillion-dollar projects in the works, the city ordered a heightened police presence in the afternoons around Downtown Crossing after a rash of violent events this month.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
City's retail vision requires changing a youth hangout
With multimillion-dollar projects in the works, the city ordered a heightened police presence in the afternoons around Downtown Crossing after a rash of violent events this month.
(Globe Staff Photo / Suzanne Kreiter)
The buses and trains seem to arrive simultaneously, unleashing a mob of teenagers onto the streets of Downtown Crossing at the close of the school day. Some shop. Most loiter on corners or outside sneaker stores and cellular phone shops. A few look for trouble. (Full article: 1186 words)
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