In early June, scaffolding went up on the First Church in Roxbury, marking the beginning of the exterior restoration of Boston's oldest surviving wood-frame church and home to the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry. Over the past five months a preservation carpentry team led by consultant...
HBI has commissioned the architectural firm Mass Design Group to conceive of design options and interpretive ideas for the long overlooked Owen Nawn Factory across from HBI's headquarters at the 1859 Eustis Street Fire House, and at the corner of Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington...
If you are a voter in the City of Boston, there will be weighty decisions for you at both ends of the November ballot. HBI asks you to pay special attention to Ballot Question #5 and vote Yes for the Community Preservation Act (CPA). Since...
On October 6, Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced that HBI will receive a $150,000 grant from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund for the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm. A trust of the City of Boston, the Browne Fund allocates funds for the improvement of Boston's public...
For the last several months, several Roxbury organizations, under the leadership of Haley House, Madison Park CDC, and The American City Coalition, have been examining the Commonwealth's Cultural District program to determine its potential designation of such a space in this neighborhood. Next Tuesday, October...
Pure Joy Flowers, owned and operated by Marta and Wesley Thomas, opened this August at the Vertullo Building in Hyde Park. We are so excited to have them at Vertullo and to celebrate their opening we decided to ask them a few questions about Pure...
National Register Plaques were installed at HBI's Alvah Kittredge House in Highland Park and the Hayden Building in Chinatown this month. Both properties have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places for over thirty years but became official with the installation of the...
The New England Chapter of docomomo-US, in collaboration with Public Archaeology Laboratory, Inc. (PAL), presents a walking tour of Roxbury modern architecture on Saturday October 8th at 9:30 a.m. Please meet in front of the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building - the restored Ferdinand's Department...
In August HBI's Jeff Morgan spoke to students at Boston Architectural College. His lecture "Regenerating Neighborhoods with Cultural Heritage" was part of their fall 2016 lecture series....
Last week Jeff Brussel's blog post, "The Epstein Legacy at Fowler Clark Farm" captured the eccentricities of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm and the preservation challenges they present. This week we decided to give you a glimpse into some of the farm's oddities and treasures...