This is the season in which Boston should look its best. Trees are fully leafed out. Window boxes have been filled. Front gardens have been tended. We are celebrating summer.

When the city doesn’t look its best it rankles Bostonians’ souls. And they complain to me.

Why are certain institutions, businesses, or homeowners so inconsiderate of their neighbors that they let their exteriors, sidewalks, tree pits and planting beds go to rack and ruin, degrading their neighborhoods? Continue reading →