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🌱 Patch AM: How a new convention plan could reshape Back Bay’s Hynes center

And check out School of Fashion Design: Info Session & Tour with Live Demos! on the Back Bay Patch calendar

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Hello Back Bay! Here's our latest buzz. Let's get into it. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How a new convention plan could reshape Back Bay's Hynes center

Also on today's calendar: School of Fashion Design: Info Session & Tour with Live Demos! and 9 more events.

Today's riddle: Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: An afternoon shower or two, with a high of 82 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: Mostly sunny and cooler, temps: high: 69, low: 49.
  • Sunday: Periods of sun, with a high of 63 and low of 51 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Is fourth time a charm for Southie convention center expansion? (bostonglobe.com) — Boston's convention planners are again weighing how to expand the South Boston convention center while keeping the Back Bay's Hynes Convention Center better integrated into its neighborhood. A new advisory group of business and civic leaders is shaping a bond bill that could fund upgrades in both areas. The discussion ties into broader debates over tourism, housing costs, and statewide economic strategy.
   

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "Why did the girl pig break up with the boy pig?" — Because he was such a boar! (Thank you Theresa H. for sending it in!)
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