The Week in Review: Herald Property Redevelopment, LandWave Dedication and More

This week, preliminary plans were unveiled for the redevelopment of the Boston Herald site. At the same time, an East Berkeley Street warehouse was put on the market for $13 million and a new coffee shop announced plans to open a South End location in the next few weeks. Those stories and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

After 10 years, half a million dollars and the volunteer efforts of many, the South End’s infamous LandWave was officially dedicated Monday morning, with Mayor Thomas Menino in attendance.

A four-story warehouse on East Berkeley Street has been placed on the market with a sale price of $13 million. The 40,000-square-foot building, built in 1932 as a parking garage, is currently used as a storage facility.

Curtis Guild Elementary School Principal Cynthia Paris Jeffries will take the helm at starting July 1, BPS Chief Accountability Officer Frank Barnes announced on Tuesday.

Washington Street is making room for another café. Jaho Coffee & Tea will be opening its third location at 1651 Washington Street later this spring. Jaho (pronounced ya-ho) has two other locations in Salem, which is where owner Anil Mezini went to college.

A mixed-use development planned for the footprint of the Boston Herald building on Harrison Avenue met with mixed reactions from a crowd of stakeholders on Wednesday, with some saying the tentative plans released by the developer lacked “ambition.”

Dozens of South End residents arrived at City Hall on Wednesday evening armed with hand-drawn maps, detailed statements and photocopied checks. The hearing, which focused on the issue of private alleyways in Boston neighborhoods, was the first opportunity many had to share their troubles with city, which assumes no responsibility for the upkeep and general maintenance of private ways.

Throughout the Greater Boston area, creativity is festering in abundance. May Fair in Harvard Square, Open Studios, film festivals, new exhibits… it’d be impossible to take it all in. So, while you carefully pick and choose how to spend your leisure time, keep in mind that the , which reopens this Sunday at 10:00 a.m., is an excellent way to gain one-stop exposure to a literal boatload of crafts and vendors.