Our location in historic downtown Boston makes it easy to follow the Freedom Trail or to tour one of the many world-class museums in Boston. Boston is home of many of the world's finest colleges and the hotel is located within minutes of many of them Harvard, Yale, Cambridge, MIT, Boston College to name a few.įor leisure travelers visiting Boston, Hotel Indigo Boston Garden provides easy access to Faneuil Hall, Paul Revere's house and Boston Harbor. Boston is a walking city and the hotel is central to all the historic neighborhoods and attractions you want to visit.īusiness and government travelers appreciate that the hotel is near the financial center, all government buildings, JFK Building, the GSA or Tip O'Neill Building, Massachusetts General Hospital, Spaulding Rehabilitation Center, Massachusetts Eye Ear, and only 3 miles from Logan Airport (BOS). “We ought to help these people get back on their feet again,” Albright said.The hotel is located across from North Station and the TD Bank Garden making it the closest hotel to the Garden, home to both the Boston Celtics and the Bruins. Susan Albright, the president of the Newton City Council, said the state would need to help Newton serve new residents - including providing for additional children in the public schools and programs to help adults find work.
It would need work to become habitable again. Mayor Fuller, in her statement, said the building has been vacant for years, and had been emptied in preparation for demolition as part of a project at Riverside. Mark Development said in a statement that it recognizes many Massachusetts families are facing challenging economic times, and that it is talking with the state “to determine if the former Hotel Indigo could play a role as a short term solution.” Officials said they had not determined how many families might stay at the hotel or when it could open as a shelter. In Newton, the hotel eyed as a temporary shelter is located near the MBTA’s Riverside Green Line station and along Route 128, and has nearly 200 rooms, according to the city. Related : City of Salem, state to open temporary housing at Salem State campus for migrant, homeless families Massachusetts has a “right-to-shelter” law that requires homeless families are provided emergency shelter. The majority have been placed among 98 congregate shelter sites in the state, while 498 families are staying in 15 motels serving as shelters, the agency reported.įormer governor Charlie Baker, a Republican, had prioritized ending the practice of using hotel rooms to serve as emergency shelter for homeless families, and during his two terms, had dramatically reduced the number of families staying in those accommodations.
The state’s emergency shelter effort has placed 3,965 families in shelters across Massachusetts as of Tuesday, according to the Department of Housing and Community Development. “We stand ready to support the Commonwealth in the obligation to affirmatively further fair housing and our status as a right to shelter state.” “Newton is a welcoming community that supports our State’s important efforts to address this humanitarian crisis,” Fuller said in a statement. However, she signaled support for the concept. Newton Mayor Ruthanne Fuller said she recently learned of the developer’s discussions to use the building as a shelter, but has not yet heard officially from the state. Located 3.3 mi (5.4 km) from the airport, Hotel Indigo Boston Garden, an IHG Hotel offers a great location, putting you within just a 10-minute walk of TD. Hotel Indigo is located in the heart of Boston and offers guests a comfortable home base to stay at while exploring the deep traditions of the historic city.
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