The Week in Review: Teranga Chef Wins Television Competition

It was a busy summer week in the South End. Teranga Chef Marie-Claude Mendy became the South End's newest television champion, DTails opened its doors on Columbus Avenue and the BCA announced a new public art exhibit coming to the Plaza this summer. Those stories and more are below (just click the link to see the full story):

Public Art Exhibits Coming to the BCA Plaza: A temporary public art installation coming next month to the Plaza is anything but traditional. An arched wooden structure covered with painted Plexiglas panels creates a large-scale painting that visitors can walk through, watching as the artwork transforms based on their location within the tunnel-like sculpture.

New Fence Donated to Union United Methodist Church: The decorative wrought iron fence surrounding the eastern half of the Union United Methodist Church will be extended around the entire building thanks to the generosity of an interested resident.

Pet Care Tops the Agenda at DTails: Dawn Chin understands customer service. After 15 years of pitching pills and patiently following up with clients on behalf of a successful pharmaceutical company, she was ready to apply her business skills to something else – something, perhaps, a little closer to her heart.

South End Chef Wins 'Chopped' Competition: Teranga Chef Marie-Claude Mendy is the newest “Chopped” champion, outlasting the competition to win $10,000 on the hit Food Network program, which aired Tuesday night.

B.U. Medical Ponders Plantings for Mass Ave. Medians: From start to finish, the reconstruction of Massachusetts Avenue stretching down by Boston University Medical School has been lengthy – 11 years in total. With the end finally in sight, it’s time to hammer out some stray details.

Rep Walz: Governor Signed Copley Place Lease Prematurely: While reviewing the state’s recently renegotiated lease for the expansion of Copley Place — a project that was kickstarted earlier this month after being shelved in 2009 — State Rep. Marty Walz thought it odd that Governor Deval Patrick had already inked the proposed 47-story luxury condo tower above an expanded Neiman Marcus.

Silver Line Station Construction to Continue Through Summer: A $3.4 million federally funded project to improve stations along the Silver Line is on pace for completetion by Fall, the MBTA reported this week.

Park Friends: Dog Park Won't Take Care of Itself: The Joe Wex Dog Run at Peters Park may seem to take care of itself, but members of the park’s Friends Group want users to know the costs associated with caring for the state-of-the-art canine facility.