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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)...

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...

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...