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...
Dakota Jones, the newest member of HBI’s Board of Directors, is Director of Operations and Senior Diversity Consultant at InOrder Business Development Solutions. The company consults with businesses working with the built environment – developers, construction companies, and institutions – on matters of diversity, equity...
Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2023 operating budget moved The Boston Landmarks Commission out from under management by the City’s Environment Department and into a newly created Office of Historic Preservation. The re-structuring keeps the City’s chief historic preservation regulatory functions within the Environment, Energy and Open Space...
HBI's summer intern Chris Impellizeri's major summer project has been helping HBI understand energy usage of the Old Corner Bookstore complex in order to inform ways we might reduce the property's carbon footprint and improve its energy performance over time. Simple as it may sound,...