Here, HBI's Passion for Preservation series shares your preservation story with our readers. "Ayiti's First Soup Joumou" was submitted by Dumas Lafontant of Boston. This preservation pertains to improving historical legacy in fine arts. Basically, I commissioned a painting that depicts the founders of Ayiti (Haiti)...
To celebrate the start of our window and facade repair project on the 1718 Old Corner Bookstore (OCB) Complex, this month’s artifact is a 2024 3D model of the OCB made by our friends at Mass Design Group! Mass Design has been fundamental in bringing this...
We are thrilled to announce that this spring, family-owned local favorite Chacarero will be coming to the Old Corner Complex! 31 years ago, Chilean native Juan Hurtado was selling “chacareros,” a traditional Chilean sandwich, from a pushcart outside the old Filene’s Basement on Washington Street. From...
From now until mid-January, the Boston Athenaeum (October 23-January 24) and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (October 23- January 19) will be showcasing the works of Boston artist Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007). A lifelong resident of Boston’s South End, Crite’s paintings were known for their glorification...
Visitors to Downtown Crossing may have noticed scaffolding now surrounds the Old Corner Bookstore as we prepare for the façade maintenance and window replacement that will be happening over the next few months. But later this week, passersby will be treated to a much more...
October's office artifact is, of course, our 1st Edition True Stories from History and Biography by Nathaniel Hawthorne published out of the Old Corner Bookstore under Ticknor, Reed, and Fields in 1851! Here, Hawthorne sought to introduce young readers to some of New England’s most significant...
Here, HBI's Director of Real Estate Tony Lopes, shares his personal connection to the historic Shirley Eustis House in Roxbury. A part of the City's vibrant Cape Verdean community, Tony grew up in Roxbury and through his work at Historic Boston he catalyzes the neighborhood's...
Partners in Preservation is a new blog series in which Historic Boston Inc. welcomes our 2025 Corporate Partners to share why Historic Preservation is important to them. Here, David Hacin, FAIA, Founding Principal and Creative Director of Hacin, an interdisciplinary architecture and design firm, shares why he’s partnered...
This month we present you with HBI’s copy of Boston’s Passport to Public Art! This orange pamphlet was commissioned by the City of Boston under Mayor Kevin H. White’s administration in partnership with Boston’s Public Art Commission. The pamphlet unfortunately does not include a publication date...
Here HBI's Executive Director, Doc Becca Kemper, takes to the streets to document some lesser known fun facts about Boston's historic cityscape. Boston is home to about 3,500 fire alarm boxes, a historic system that still serves the city today. First installed in 1852—over two decades...