HBI regretfully announces that Jeff Morgan has resigned his position as Director of Real Estate Development at HBI, effective this month. Jeff is pursuing an incredible opportunity to move abroad that blends new life adventures with his talents in real estate development. This is a great...
Stefani Warren of West Lake Village, California contacted HBI recently when she was disposing of antique items from her father's many years of collecting. She had a lap desk from the 1850s that had once belonged to a Samuel Wheeler of West Newton MA, and...
Making their way into Boston, New York-based fresh food restaurant Dig Inn recently signed a lease for space in the Old Corner Bookstore building in Downtown Boston. This will be Dig Inn's second Boston location after one store opened on Boylston Street earlier this year. Sustainable"farm-to-table"...
HBI's summer fellow from the Corcoran Institute at Boston College, James Breen, has been researching various historic properties throughout the Boston neighborhoods. Check out his findings about this historic Upham's Corner hall in part two of his two part series. Why might the building mentioned in...
HBI's summer fellow from the Corcoran Institute at Boston College, James Breen, has been researching various historic properties throughout the Boston neighborhoods. Check out his findings about this historic Upham's Corner hall. When thinking about which parts of Boston truly have arts, culture, and history weaved...
The Architectural firm of Perkins + Will is designing the new urban farming education and training center at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, and they are bringing the firm's Social Responsibility Initiative to this project, donating a substantial portion of design fees as a means...
Hear from the Urban Farming Institute and Historic Boston Incorporated about the future of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm and urban farming in Boston!...
One of the most visible architectural features of the Upham's Corner Comfort Station is the clay tile roof, which is typical for a Mission Revival style building, but not especially common in New England. [If you drive by the building today, you won't see the...
Joining Historic Boston as our new summer intern is Francely Pinales, a current student and a rising senior at The English High School. Francely, who has lived in Boston since the age of 9, is part of her school's Debate team and is a specialist...
This summer, we are joined at Historic Boston by James Breen, coming to us on a summer fellowship through the Corcoran Center for Real Estate and Urban Action's summer internship program at Boston College, where he is about to enter his senior year studying economics...