The City of Boston’s Community Preservation Committee recommended downtown Boston’s Old Corner Bookstore for $500,000 in Community Preservation Act (CPA) funding to support the building’s rehabilitation at its most recent meeting. The 1718 Old Corner Bookstore is downtown Boston’s oldest commercial building and is a site...
The National Trust for Preservation recently awarded the Chinatown Community Land Trust (CCLT) a $10,000 grant for the creation of the Immigrant History Trail in Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood. The project aims to tell the stories of the neighborhood’s working-class, immigrant history. CCLT was among 34...
When HBI was asked earlier this month to host one of 19 pieces of public art planned for Downtown Boston as part of the Winteractive Festival hosted by the Downtown Business Improvement District (BID), we enthusiastically supported the idea. The installation, The Fisherman, by American...
This month HBI’s Erika Tauer kicks off a series of stories that turn the spotlight onto the talented people who make up Historic Boston’s organization. HBI board member Henry Moss has headed Bruner/Cott Architect’s Historic Preservation team since 1986 and practiced architecture in London for 16...
Guest blogger Stephen Wilkes, Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President of Feldman Geospatial, provides expert insight into the recent survey and scan they conducted at the Charlestown Pumping Station. Feldman Geospatial provides the data and expertise that construction managers, engineers, and developers need to actualize...
Last week, Historic Boston completed the sale of the 1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the Urban Farming Institute. The sale includes UFI’s donation of a preservation easement on the restored property to Historic Boston Inc.(HBI), which will protect the Boston Landmarks’ historic...
Historic Boston has begun assessing the condition of the Charlestown Pumping Station with the help of our talented team of consultants. Feldman Geospatial visited the building recently to conduct a laser scan of the interior and exterior of the building, which will result in floor...
As the year comes to a close, HBI is in the final stage of selling the 1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to the nonprofit Urban Farming Institute (UFI) with the aim of completing the transaction by December 31st. The sale will include the...
As the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approaches on December 16th, Historic Boston wondered what the residents of the Old Corner Bookstore would have seen from their windows on that fateful night in 1773 when a massive crowd of Bostonians protest the English...
As 2023 comes to a close, we are reflecting on the year of accomplishment at Historic Boston. To recap, here are the most exciting developments for HBI in 2023: Comfort Kitchen opened in the newly restored Upham’s Corner Comfort Station in January and celebrated with a...