11 Dec Comings and Goings on the HBI Board of Directors
HBI is pleased to announce that Michael Feldman and Derek Lumpkins were recently elected to HBI’s Board of Directors at the organization’s December board meeting....
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01 Dec Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen
HBI’s project at the Upham’s Corner Comfort Station and Dorchester Bay EDC’s Pierce Building were featured in the Boston Globe recently as part of Vote Your Main Streets this fall, a national campaign in support preservation projects around the country. Check out the Boston Globe article...
30 Nov 2017 Illuminus Art Festival Features Old Corner Bookstore in AR
Historic Boston’s new augmented reality installation at the Old Corner Bookstore – Look Again – was selected to be part of this year’s Illuminus Art Festival in downtown Boston on November 3rd and 4th. A partnership between the non-profit Illuminus and the Downtown Boston BID,...
28 Nov The Legacy of Publishers Ticknor and Fields at the Old Corner Bookstore, Part 1
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. Rob graciously permitted HBI to re-print...
20 Nov Enjoy the Yum! Celebrate Thanksgiving with Fowler Clark Epstein Farm-Inspired Sides
Historic Boston Inc. wishes you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving! In honor of the holiday, we asked our friends at the Urban Farming Institute (UFI) to share a favorite recipe or two. Nataka Crayton-Walker is the Operations Manager for UFI, and her husband, Bobby Walker,...
17 Nov HISTORIC BOSTON INC. WELCOMES TRILLIUM BEER TO ROSLINDALE
Winter Garden Comes to Handsomely Renovated Former MBTA Power Substation Today is an exciting day at HBI, as we announce that Trillium Brewing Company will open a winter seasonal beer garden in the Roslindale Substation, a renovated and restored brick structure at Roslindale Square.The Trillium...
17 Nov A Peek Back to 1786, Through the Windows at Fowler Clark Epstein Farm
The rehabilitation of the Fowler Clark Epstein farmhouse is really shaping up with recent installations by North Bennet Street School (NBSS) preservation carpentry students. More than any other architectural detail, the new windows probably have the biggest impact on the transformation of the house back...
31 Oct More Than Halloween: Boston’s Historic Burying Grounds Express the City’s Long and Rich History
For the month of October, HBI has been introducing our Facebook and Instagram friends to the extraordinary art and history in the Eliot Burying Ground next door to our office at 20 Eustis St in Roxbury. The burying ground is the oldest cemetery in Roxbury,...
30 Oct Look Again! The Old Corner Bookstore in AR Nov. 3rd and 4th at Illuminus!
The Old Corner Bookstore in Augmented Reality is one of 10 contemporary art installations to be featured in Downtown Boston’s 2017 Illuminus contemporary art and light festival between 5 p.m. and 11 p.m on Friday November 3rd and Saturday November 4th. “The O.C.B.” is the work...
26 Oct Your Call to Service!
Would you like to help shape Boston’s open space, preservation and affordable housing investments over the next three years? Mayor Walsh and the Boston City Council are calling for applicants for four open seats on the new Community Preservation Committee, a group that will help...