Steven Ayres, Vicar of the Boston's venerable Old North Church in the North End, reached out recently to tell HBI about paint analyses that are just beginning inside the sanctuary of the historic building. The church's plans, outlined below, could very well change our perception...
With buildings dating to the early 1800s, the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm (FCE Farm) itself is testimony to the agrarian history of Mattapan. The more recent history of Mattapan as an urban neighborhood is no less intriguing. In the 1960s, the neighborhood surrounding the farm...
This is Part 3 and the last in a series of blogs in which HBI's Jeffrey Morgan presents preservation partnering scenarios and the opportunities they present to steward historic and long vacant or blighted properties to new economic uses. Part 1 discussed the redevelopment of...
Historic Boston is very grateful to everyone who supported the organization's end-of-the-year fundraising campaign. You - our donors- are also our partners in preserving Boston's past and building strong neighborhoods. All donations to HBI- large and small- helped at year's end, and launched a healthy new...
Historic Boston reported in December that the Boston Landmarks Commission entertained the petition to name the 1834 Alvah Kittredge a Boston Landmark, but we are honored to announce this week that the Commission formally designated the property a Landmark. At the same time, the Commission...
Dorchester entrepreneur Noah Hicks recently launched an Indie Go Go campaign to raise $50,000 of start-up capital for his new business -- The Sip and Spoke Bike Kitchen in the historic Upham's Corner Comfort Station. A bike repair and coffee shop, Sip and Spoke Bike Kitchen...
HBI held its annual holiday open house this past Tuesday evening at the Eustis Street Firehouse. Friends and neighbors braved the cold to gather for a celebration of 2015's successes and raise a glass to the promises of 2016. Our guests enjoyed food and drink from...
HBI is looking forward to an exciting 2016, but we're taking a moment to reflect on 2015 and a year of great accomplishment. Here's our list of HBI's top ten successes of 2015: Wine Gallery opened for business at the 1875 Hayden Building in Chinatown Mayor Walsh...
This fall the Boston Landmarks Commission commissioned a study report of the 1834 Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury a mandatory step in designating the Greek Revival structure a Boston Landmark. The study report detailing the nomination is available here. Historic Boston is no stranger to Landmark...
HBI is very grateful for new charitable donations to its projects at the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan and the Upham's Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester. The generosity of these Boston-based foundations has been a further boost to project planning this fall with a...