377 Elm St

[mary388.livejournal.com]

I got a Legal notice from city notifying me of an application for Special Permit to establish "an approx. 3,000 sf fast food establishment, a donut shop, with indoor and outdoor seating under SZO sec. 7.11.10.2.2.b and a parking variance sec.9.5 CBD zone". Christos Poutahidis is the applicant.

Anyone know anything about this? The credit union is there now.

Comments

[serious-noir.livejournal.com]

Christos Poutahidis? Isn't that the guy who that corner square is named after?
You know, the corner where that horribly ugly building is at Summer & Cutter.
At least that is what an ugly plaque on the ugly building states.

Is Christos Poutahidis Somerville's Donald Trump?

[teko.livejournal.com]

It takes a special brand of douche to name a city square after yourself, especially one that already has a name (which I forget, but it's on a sign nearby).

[achinhibitor.livejournal.com]

Real estate developers aren't known for small egos.

[ron_newman]

The sign says "Medal of Honor Square", which commemorates George Dilboy. In practice, if people call this place anything at all, they call it "Cutter Square".

[alpinepie.livejournal.com]

Last time I looked there was a plague called Poutahidis Square or the like on the building.

[ron_newman]

Some folks think the whole building is a "plague". But I was referring to a sign on a post on Summer Street, just outside the Dilboy VFW.

[teko.livejournal.com]

Yes, to be clear: the square's official name is Medal of Honor Square, and has been for quite some time. However, the developer of the building had an engraved granite block put in the building naming the square after himself.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

I thought this same guy owned the block where Kickass and M3 were. I could be wrong.

[emcicle.livejournal.com]

That's what i thought too.

[teko.livejournal.com]

That's my understanding as well.

[notnatalie.livejournal.com]

You are correct.

[ron_newman]

Yes, this is the very same building where the donut shop is proposed.

[alpinepie.livejournal.com]

This is the building that the new bank is in. Not where M3/Kickass were.

[ron_newman]

That's what I meant, yes.