Guest blogger Brian Goodman is Innovation and Systems Manager with the City of Boston?s Office of Business Development. The old joke says that a true local will define a space by what was once there, rather than what exists there now. You've probably heard it...
When Historic Boston acquired the Vertullo Building and envisioned the improvements that would make it stand out in the neighborhood, we knew that the place needed some gussying up. Clapboards would replace the worn out shingles, shutters would return to enhance the...
Since HBI?s dedication of the Alvah Kittredge House in August, we?ve been regularly asked ?Who was Alvah Kittredge?? Fort Hill resident and Roxbury Historic Society member Jason Turgeon recently sent us links to several on-line books published by Eliot Congregational Church?s prolific 19th century pastor-writer A.C....
The City of Boston has released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the redevelopment of the 611 Columbia Road Comfort Station in Upham?s Corner. Located adjacent to the Dorchester North Burying Ground which is a Designated Boston Landmark and listed on the National Register of...
Historic Boston is excited to report that the second phase of the Vertullo Building rehabilitation is now well under way. Contractor Michael Mawn (MJ Mawn Inc) and architect Chris Brown (b Architecture Studio) did a terrific job transforming the building?s tired storefronts...
The Young Advisors of the Boston Preservation Alliance present Libations for Preservation, a cocktail competition of historic proportions. This fun, social event will pit bartenders from the best neighborhood bars in Boston against each other to craft reinventions of historic cocktails. Your...
Matthew Kiefer, President of HBI's Board of Directors and a partner at Goulston and Storrs, offers a retrospective look at the Alvah Kittredge House's path to preservation and the HBI model that re-activated the historic building, completed in August. (Photos by Craig Bailey and Greg...
Fowler Clark Farm to be Repositioned for Housing and Urban Farming HBI has arrived at an agreement with the estate of the late Ida Gertrude Epstein to acquire the 1786 Fowler Clark Farm, a designated Boston landmark in Mattapan. HBI plans to undertake the restoration...
We?re happy to announce that two families have moved into the Alvah Kittredge house, and we?ve already heard from one that they are really enjoying their new home. Two more families will be moving in soon, but we still have one of...
Another ?patient preservation project? moves forward with the ground breaking for the redevelopment of the former MBTA Substation in Roslindale. Mayor Walsh joined members of the community along with the development partners, HBI, Roslindale Village Main Street, and Peregrine Group, to commemorate the start of...
