Efforts by a coalition of historic preservation, open space and affordable housing advocates to approve the Community Preservation Act for Boston were bolstered this week by Mayor Martin J. Walsh's endorsement of the measure that will likely appear on the November ballot. This is an important...
At noon on Tuesday, April 6th HBI previewed the restored timepiece behind the spectacular clock face of Boston's historic Custom House Tower. Marriott Vacation Club, which has stewarded this extraordinary building as a timeshare property since 1997, made this occasion a very special day this...
Historic Boston is pleased to announce the expansion of its Council of Advisors, a select group of forward-thinking urbanists committed to historic preservation and the work of HBI in Boston's neighborhoods. Eleven new members have joined the Council, expanding the group from 15 to 26. New...
We agree with the Boston Globe's opinion : The Community Preservation Act will be good for Boston. Read their editorial here. ...
Each time we visit the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm, we discover something that we never noticed before. Sometimes we find photos, magazines or other remnants from previous occupants. And because the property was last owned by Jorge Epstein, an architectural salvage dealer who brought home...
More than 160 representatives of historic preservation, affordable housing and open space organizations squeezed into the Boston City Council's chambers this week to advocate for the Community Preservation Act (CPA) to be placed on the November 2016 ballot. CPA is a tool designed to help Massachusetts...
HBI is pleased to announce that Brian Awe, Barbara Boylan, Karilyn Crockett, Marla Curtis, Michael Durand were elected to membership of HBI's Board of Directors at the organization's annual meeting on March 23rd. At the same meeting, HBI bid a sad farewell to outgoing board...
Last week, the first year preservation carpentry students from North Bennet Street School paid a visit to the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan to conduct an exploratory investigation of the circa 1786 farmhouse. Instructor Steven O'Shaughnessy led the effort to carefully peel back the...
This year the preservation world is celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. Passed in 1966, the National Historic Preservation Act is a landmark piece of legislation that has served as the guidepost for historic preservation in the United States. It is...
Rita Walsh, Senior Preservation Planner, with VHB is assisting HBI with state and federal historic tax credit applications to support the rehabilitation of the Fowler Clark Epstein Farm property for its new uses. She is also preparing a nomination of the property to the National...