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...
After several years of planning and anticipation, restaurateur Chris Douglass announced in late September that he has decided against opening his long awaited Third Rail restaurant in the newly-restored Roslindale Substation. Changes in Douglass’ personal and professional plans precipitated this change. Historic Boston, Roslindale Village Main...
Feldman Land Surveyor's Director of 3D Services, Steve Wilkes describes the 3D technology used to laser scan Saint Luke Chapel and Ionic Hall. Boston’s hidden spaces always manage to surprise. This is continues to be true in the case of Saint Luke’s Chapel and the Ionic...
Historic Boston Inc., Dorchester Bay EDC, and Upham’s Corner Main Street need your help. Visit the Partners in Preservation web site and register to vote daily to position Sip & Spoke Bike Kitchen at the Upham’s Corner’s Comfort Station and the historic Pierce Building for...
On September 19, the preservation community joined together at Fenway Park for the Boston Preservation Alliance’s annual Preservation Achievement Awards. This year ten projects were honored, including the Boston Red Sox and architecture critic Robert Campbell, the latter of whom was honored with the Codman...
Massachusetts abolished slavery in 1790 and Bostonians formed the most outspoken members of the American abolitionists of Southern slavery in the mid-19th century, but Northern African Americans did not necessarily experience equal treatment in their communities. In many cities, Boston included, the African American community...