Hello there, Jeff Boyer here – Guest blogger for Historic Boston this month and Chief Joy Instigator of Room Escapers Boston! We are a small and local Escape Room company that has two locations in downtown Boston – one of these being inside the beautiful...
Work is picking up at the 1912 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station as the crew from contractor MJ Mawn tears up the concrete floor of the building’s basement to accommodate new plumping that will support Comfort Kitchen’s new café and restaurant. Previous plans did not include...
The 7,500-year-old Ryolite quarry of the Massachusett Tribe is closer to being designated a Boston Landmark. In November, the Dorchester Reporter summarized this unique historic and archeological site in Mattapan as it was nominated to become a protected Boston Landmark. “…[R]arely does the city have an opportunity...
Historic Boston acknowledges the great generosity of its many 2021 donors, whose support fueled a healthy start to 2022 and will help HBI to carry out important preservation projects throughout the year. It’s never too late or too early to give to HBI. Visit our secure...
Although only in office for a few months, Mayor Kim Janey’s administration made a significant mark advancing the designation of historic places as Boston Landmarks. The designation of Boston Landmark is the most effective way to protect an historic building or landscape or an historic...
Your generosity made 2021 a successful year for Historic Boston's work across Boston. Even as we navigated the pandemic’s delays and uncertainties, this was a year of achievements: The final phase of construction is underway at the 1912 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester for...
Historic Boston is pleased to report the final phase of construction on the historic Upham’s Corner Comfort Station begins in December. In summer of 2022 it will open as Comfort Kitchen, a full-service café with pop-up dinner operations under the management of local food entrepreneurs Biplaw...
Historic Boston Inc. joins with Boston’s preservation community to welcome newly inaugurated Mayor Michelle Wu. As candidate for mayor, Wu suggested her administration will advance resources, regulation and policy measures that support preservation and community planning for historic neighborhoods. In a lengthy interview with the Boston...
Near Dorchester Bay, on the campus of UMass Boston, the 1883 Calf Pasture Pumping Station sits unused and neglected. However, the prospects for the historic building – one of the country’s first organized sewage management systems – is looking up. UMass Building Authority is preparing...
When Historic Boston (HBI) moved its headquarters back to our original office space at the Old Corner Bookstore a little over a year ago, we took advantage of the opportunity to reacquaint ourselves with the site, which had been HBI’s headquarters from its founding in...