Everyday, the CitySquares team recognizes each local business’ and website user’s contribution to the overall CitySquares community.
We are working to create an online CitySquares Community Scrapbook where we will highlight one local business per week on our Facebook Fan Page. These are businesses that people have recently shown interest in and wrote positive reviews on [...] [...more]
After a few months of voting by lots and lots of people, and as local merchants competed for those votes, the tallies have gone higher and higher for over 800 different businesses nationwide! And now, as summer begins, we’re proud to announce the results of the 2009 Health & Wellness All Star Contest!
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Voting for the 2009 Beauty & Wellness All Stars begins this week! Spring is here and we bet you’re thinking about getting in shape and looking your best after a long cold winter. With that in mind, it’s time to vote for your favorite local beauty and wellness businesses like gyms, makeup stores, salons and [...] [...more]
As we rang in 2009 over here at CitySquares we also wrapped up our Shopping All Star competition. Throughout the biggest shopping season of the year, you voted for your favorite local shopping destinations and we are thrilled to announce our Top 10 Shopping All Stars!
Habit – Best Boutique and Overall Shopping All Star Winner
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CitySquares is proud to unleash our newest Shopping All Star Contest! With the holidays around the corner we’re sure you’ll be doing some local shopping. Help out your favorite stores by voting to make them an All Star. Whether your favorite local shop is a boutique, bodega, or a bookstore you can find them on [...] [...more]
As you probably know, the 2008 Dining & Entertainment All Star contest came to a close this month. It was a well fought contest too, with The Fireplace Restaurant in Brookline fighting it out with Lilly’s Gourmet Pasta Express in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood literally to the final hour! It’s so great to see such good-spirited [...] [...more]
Check out the video of the CommuniTee Party held earlier this month at Gallery XIV, in the South End!
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Once again, thanks to everyone who made this possible and be on the lookout for the shirts on sale at local businesses starting in just a few days!
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Amended 7/22/08: New version of the animation posted, with a new ending.
A couple of months ago we had an idea to put a bit of an animation together that demonstrates how we feel about traditional print media, specifically the phone book and local newspapers. We didn’t want it to be too serious or lengthy, so [...] [...more]
Following the exciting South End CommuniTee Party and the T-shirt unveiling last Thursday, the stylish T-shirts are now available for purchase on the CitySquares website!
These hip t-shirts, designed by students from the Joseph J Hurley and the McKinley public schools in Boston’s South End, are available in two styles and various sizes. They can be [...] [...more]
This Thursday, June 5th, at 5:30 CitySquares is having our first Official CommuniTee Art Project Party. As you probably already know, the CommuniTee Art Project (CAP) is about generating funds for public school art programs. We’re about to wrap up the first CAP for the South End and it’s Joseph J Hurley and McKinley Public [...] [...more]