The Zoning Board of Appeal today gave what would be the first of a series of approvals needed by one of the two remaining strip clubs on the alley-like Lagrange Street in Chinatown to move to a prominent spot on Stuart Street - next to the once more fire-ravaged Jacob Wirth.

The board's vote was mainly an acknowledgement that nearly a million dollars worth of renovations being planned for 27-29 Stuart St. would not interfere with the flow of rainwater into the ground - a requirement for large projects in much of Boston Proper, where groundwater is essential to keeping the wooden pilings that support so many buildings from rotting. The board voted approval after Christian Simonelli of the Boston Groundwater Trust said building owners Aidan and Brendan Feeney of Quincy had supplied the requ

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