Comfort Kitchen awaits final City inspections and permits in order to open in the restored Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in December, but you don’t have to wait to get ready to eat there. Get a head start on your holiday shopping list with Comfort Kitchen...
Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) is planning much-needed updates to the Old Corner Bookstore complex to provide elevator access to the upper floors, improve its carbon footprint, and ensure its climate resiliency for decades to come. As part of that planning process, HBI will also revisit...
As construction wraps up at the Upham's Corner Comfort Station and the Comfort Kitchen team awaits electrical connections and delivery of cooking equipment, the restaurant's management team is training of new staff for opening. In the meantime, we share here recent news from Comfort Kitchen's...
At the Boston Preservation Alliance’s annual awards ceremony this year, David Hacin, architect for HBI’s project at St. James African Orthodox Church, was recipient of the President’s Award. [caption id="attachment_4840" align="alignleft" width="383"] St. James African Orthodox Church, Roxbury[/caption] Given annually for excellence in the practice of historic...
“If you allow other people to tell your story, they will tell the narrative that works for them. “ --Ruth Georges in Mattapan the Documentary If you don’t live there, you might not know that Mattapan is a special place with rich history, cutting edge art...
After nearly 30 years as owner of the historic Hayden Building, Historic Boston Inc. is accepting bids for purchase of the Chinatown landmark. Hunneman Commercial Real Estate has been commissioned as broker for the building, which consists of four market rate 2-bedroom apartments and one ground...
HBI is accepting proposals to purchase the restored Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury’s Highland Park. Restored by HBI in 2014, the historic building, then very distressed, was converted from a single-family house to five two-bedroom rental apartments, two of which are permanently affordable housing. Built in...
Thanks to Laura Charles and the team at The Substation for contributing this post to HBI's news. The Substation team – Adam Rogoff and Laura Charles – is on a mission to use all 7600 square feet of the iconic Roslindale Substation in a way that...
It’s crunch time at the Upham's Corner Comfort Station as construction winds down and plans are in progress for Comfort Kitchen’s long-awaited opening. [caption id="attachment_4809" align="alignleft" width="441"] Partners Biplaw Rai and Kwasi Kwaa discuss kitchen layout[/caption] The final weeks of construction projects are always stressful, and this...
In July of 2022, the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced that the entire archive of what The Atlantic published from 1857 to 2014 is now fully digitized and available on line. The 165-year-old magazine traces its roots to the 1718 Old Corner Bookstore -- the...