Guest blogger Susan Pranger is an architect and Boston resident. The following blog post summarizes the study she recently completed as her capstone project at the Boston Architectural College for a master of design studies (MDS) in sustainable design. The buildings at HBI?s prospective project...
This week, HBI?s Council of Advisors gathered for their spring meeting in Roslindale for to see the 1911 Roslindale Substationand explore the topic of urban entrepreneurship and revitalization with former State Treasurer Steve Grossman.Restoration of the historic substation will begin this month by Peregrine Group...
HBI is pleased to have received a $10,000 grant from the Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation for pre-development planning at the 1786 Fowler Clark Epstein Farm in Mattapan. HBI executed a purchase and sale agreement with the Epstein family trust in October of 2014 and...
Rendering by Utile, Inc. Architecture + PlanningThe City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development has tentatively designated the redevelopment of the historicUpham?s Corner Comfort Station in Dorchester to the partnership of Historic Boston Inc. and The American City Coalition.Historic Boston Inc. (HBI)and The American City...
Massachusetts Secretary of State, William Galvin was on hand Friday May 19thas HBI was honored with one of Massachusetts Historical Commission?s (MHC) 37th Annual Preservation Awards for the $3.8 million rehabilitation of the Alvah Kittredge House in Roxbury.One of 9 project recipients this year, the...
Bryan Reeves of Craft Beer Cellar and Chris Douglass Boston Landmarks Commission Executive Director Roseanne FoleyNational Historic Preservation Month is an annual celebration designed to raise awareness about the power historic preservation has...
Mayor Walsh, Community Welcome Three New Businesses to Logan SquareHYDE PARK ? Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Historic Boston Inc., elected officials, and members of the Hyde Park community today welcomed three new businesses to the neighborhood following the recent completion of a $1.3 million rehabilitation...
HBI is pleased to welcome Intriguing Hair to the historic Vertullo Building at 82 Fairmount Ave., Hyde Park. This week's blog introduces owner Nikia Londy and her hair extension business. Nikia Londy has been passionate about hair all of her life. Two years ago she started her hair extension business...
Sandler Lacoste and his wife Darnelle Joseph-Lacoste of the Vertullo Building?s ?Private Office Barber Shop? As Historic Boston celebrates the dedication of the Vertullo Building in Hyde Park, we are pleased to interview one of the new business owners that will be opening in the building next...
This is Part 3 in the series of blogs whereby HBI's Jeff Morgan synthesizes the history of Roxbury Neck to help inform the direction in which new Roxbury developments may shape the future of the neighborhood. Check out Part 1 - Early Roxbury before the...
