The Week in Review: Crime Review, Bike Crash Victim Named, Hall of Fame at Cathedral High

This past week, the South End weathered yet another storm resulting in Snow Day #5. Candidates for District 7 City Council came together to speak about the importance of the arts and police met with residents to discuss crime issues in the neighborhood. Those stories and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

Good news: the crime rate (for the most part) in the South End is down. The bad news? That crime is spreading around the community.

South End native Richard Soo Hoo has looked out the same window for nearly 20 years, but the view is constantly changing. “It’s changed so much, it’s better now,” he said recently from his Washington Street office, which overlooks Peters Park.

Police have identified the bicyclist struck and killed at a South End intersection last month as Guo Zhen, 74, of Boston.

Six candidates running for the vacant District 7 City Council seat made a rare appearance in the South End last week, taking questions from a small crowd of supporters gathered in the Piano Craft Guild’s basement gallery.

An unassuming church sits on the quiet side of West Newton Street in Boston’s South End. Behind the twin red doors is Villa Victoria Center for the Arts – the only multi-disciplinary Latino arts complex in New England. Adding to the contradiction, this Latino-based organization will be hosting events for both Black History Month and the Chinese New Year in February.

This past weekend, celebrated its inaugural Athletic Hall of Fame class with a ceremony at the Washington Street school.