Jon Chesto

Boston-based journalist on the hunt for Bay State business news, the perfect marathon, long-lost '80s tunes, and the planet's best chocolate frappe.

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@Mikehomeseller Three of the four rank among my top concert experiences of all time. No surprise which performer doesn't make the cut.

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

"The country that packaged itself as a friendly American outpost in both its art and in its tax code, is now producing a cohort that no longer has any interest in that same package." https://t.co/m8f1yYPx62

[evAdvocate @evAdvocate_org]

@EdforBoston @jonchesto @leung @nikigriswold @bostonherald @BosBizJournal @boston25 @7News @wbz @WCVB @maureencaught Eliminating parking minimums helps the housing crisis.

Parking Requirements Are Driving Up the Cost of Multifamily Housing
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies
https://t.co/E2ZtfHct06

[Jon Hurst @JonHurstRAM]

#mabiz @jonchesto @Boston_Rooney Greater Boston Chamber offers up prescription for fixing housing woes https://t.co/F7SPb3h95i via @BostonGlobe

[Ed Flynn 愛德華費連 @EdforBoston]

Developers continue to report that Boston’s affordable & environmental requirements are worsening our housing crisis. Instead of working with them to build, city councilors now want to remove parking. We need to address the housing crisis instead of parking purity tests! #bospoli

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@Mikehomeseller Broadway Melody, In the Cage, Carpet Crawlers!

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@Mikehomeseller Tom Sawyer, Red Barchetta, Witch Hunt!

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@Mikehomeseller Varies by the day but if pressed on what I would most like to see played live, it would be Streets, Bullet and Running.

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

Here's one downstream impact from stricter pet store reguations that I did not expect. https://t.co/RIcFSemFPF

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@tom_ready @FortPointer Thanks. That's what I thought, but that slide would imply otherwise.

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@FortPointer @tom_ready Really? OK, thanks for clarifying. Massport does describe this whole project as an "interim activation" before it gets put out for development.

[The Fort Pointer @FortPointer]

.@jonchesto: MA Convention Center Authority is planning an expansion and, among sites, is considering land in Fort Point owned by Gillette and USPS. https://t.co/st4tdZIskh

[The Fort Pointer @FortPointer]

.@jonchesto: An ‘immersive dome experience’ is coming to the Seaport.

[On first blush, I have no issue whatsoever with this. Harborlights is a solid precedent, job well done by Don Law. It's a destination, great for BCEC. It leaves the future open.] https://t.co/c7utDTHeGy

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@tom_ready @FortPointer I think by interim activation they mean after it opens in 2027, not before

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

@LaurenDaley1 @HappyWoman9 @bobdylan @mavisstaples @BostonDotCom I was just looking at seats! But to be honest, this week has been so brutal at work, I may go home and collapse instead. Will be up late Thursday for Ward Hayden at the Lizard Lounge.

[The Fort Pointer @FortPointer]

.@jonchesto: Building permits slow to a trickle for Boston housing construction. Are the city’s policies to blame? https://t.co/poiPyyrapL

[Jon Chesto @jonchesto]

"They were hoping that if they got rid of me, that they could completely kill this campaign." https://t.co/A6cBwLclYI via @BostonGlobe

[Peter Gabriel @itspetergabriel]

'So' was released on this day 40 years ago.

"I think part of the reason that ‘So’ works so well was that the band was really firing off each other and we had a great sound and production team. It was compact in the process and the way it was put together." - pg

📷 Anton Corbijn, Trevor Key, Armando Gallo

[Ed Flynn 愛德華費連 @EdforBoston]

Boston has budget deficit of $70M after two years of 10+% tax increases. We were warned since 2024 up to $2.1B less tax revenue. We didn’t exercise fiscal discipline. If we’re cutting veterans budget 14% & Firefighter cancer screening, we have abandoned our values & lost our way!