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,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
If you’ve gone by the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in the past few weeks, you’ve probably noticed the site looks twice the size as it did when HBI acquired it in 2015. While construction on the house and barn has been on-going since early this...
Home to the nation’s first public school system, Boston’s schools highlight the city’s long history of commitment to public education, but the buildings themselves offer an insight into the city’s history and teaching styles of the time. Boston is faced with the question, how do...