Historic New England presents Preserving Affordability, Affording Preservation: Prospects for Historic Multi-Family Housing on Friday, April 27, 2018, at the All Saints’ Church in Boston. The conference gathers leading advocates in affordable housing and historic preservation to look at the past, present, and future of our region’s historic multi-family...
Our guest blogger, Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s Director of Historic Parks, Margaret Dyson, shows us how a project in Frederick Law Olmsted’s historic Franklin Park uncovers the landscape architect’s original designs for water management and restores their use. While it is not the most whimsical...
HBI Advisor Chrystal Kornegay has been appointed Executive Director of MassHousing, an independent, quasi-public agency that provides financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. Chrystal leaves her post as Undersecretary of Housing and Community Development with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, a position she has held since January...
HBI is pleased to announce the appointment of Shaurya Batra as Director of Real Estate Development. Shaurya co-established an architecture design practice and a construction business in New Delhi, India, and recently earned a Master of Science Degree in Real Estate Development at the Massachusetts...
Over the past year of rehabilitation, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm has benefited from many talented craftspeople, and Wojciech Wasilewski of WW Woodworks is one who merits some attention. General Contractor MJ Mawn hired WW Millworks to restore the Fowler Clark barn windows, make new...
Compared to most of HBI’s projects, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm has a lot more land – almost ¾ of an acre – and therefore we have a lot more landscaping and site work than is typical. In addition to the farm vegetable beds, we...
Literary historian Rob Velella recently spoke at the Old South Meetinghouse on the extraordinary history of Ticknor and Fields whose 19th century publishing hegemony made the Old Corner Bookstore one of the most importance places in American literary history....
While our city hums with exciting new development, Historic Boston Inc. (HBI) continues its 57-year mission of renewing historic places that make Boston and its neighborhoods unique. Our projects are a great source of pride to their neighborhoods and prove the value of our shared...
Historic Boston Inc.’s (HBI) Augmented Reality installation at the Old Corner Bookstore, Look Again, is now available for download for iOS and Android devices. Originally launched during Boston’s 2017 Illuminus Art Festival in November, the project presents five historic views of the Old Corner Bookstore overlaid onto the contemporary...
Preservation developers, including Historic Boston Inc. (HBI), are heartened that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 recently signed into law by President Trump preserves the federal 20% Historic Tax Credit (HTC) with a new provision that it will be claimed over five years. While...