Raised on the Connecticut shoreline, Casey returns to Boston after a half-decade exploring American byways and getting a proper education at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He spent a few years reporting on the ins and outs of 40Bs in the Boston suburbs and maintains an active interest in high places with tremendous views. His work has appeared in BACKPACKER, Mother Jones, and Tufts magazines, and various newspapers, and he has won awards from the New England Press Association, the Kansas City Press Club, and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

Five Things You Didn’t Know About the Prudential Tower
Posted on 5/16/2012 at 8:00AM | No Comments

A new book debuts this month about the building everyone loves to hate.

Photo by Pierre LaScott, via Flickr.

Insuring the City debuts this month about the building everyone loves to hate. Here, author Elihu Rubin shares five factoids we didn’t know. Continue reading “Five Things You Didn’t Know About the Prudential Tower” »

Boston Ranks Near the Top for Most Bikeable City
Posted on 5/15/2012 at 11:11AM | No Comments

Move over, pedestrians. Bikes are here to stay.

A composite heat map of the factors used to determine Boston’s bike-ability (bike lanes, hills, destinations, and bike commuters). (Map via Walk Score.) Further proof of a benevolent god progressive transportation planning, Boston is now ranked the fourth most bikeable city in the country, according to Walk Score, a company that ... READ MORE
Thumb War on Crime
Posted on 5/14/2012 at 9:14AM | No Comments

Text messages recently eclipsed phone calls as the city’s top source of anonymous crime tips. Here’s how things have played out since 2007.

2,418: Number of tips sent by texting T-I-P to C-R-I-M-E.

2,312: Number of tips called into the BPD hotline.

$3,050: Total cash rewards given this year (BPD provides tipsters with a reference number to claim a payout).

Data from Boston Police Department

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