Just as HBI celebrates completion of the $1 million Trilogy Fund capital campaign, it is pleased to announce a new grant of $25,000 for phase two improvements to Hyde Park?sVertullo Building.Built in 1868 and a rare surviving building from the year that the Town of...
HBI surpassed its $1 million campaign goal and completed the Trilogy Fund for Historic Boston, the organization?s first capital campaign for the rehabilitation of three historic buildings in three Boston neighborhoods. Chaired by developer and philanthropist Ronald M. Druker and former Mayor Thomas Menino, the...
Are you interested in opening a small business in Hyde Park? HBI will soon complete the restoration and upgrades of the Vertullo Building?s Victorian storefronts which means the Hyde Park building at 74-84 Fairmount Avenue there will be three spaces available for new small businesses. To...
If you look at the ?before construction? photo of the Alvah Kittredge House below, you?ll notice a prominent chimney at the right, but no matching chimney on the left.But in fact, in keeping with the symmetry of Greek Revival architecture, there were originally four chimneys...
Stay tuned by checking in at the Boston Landmarks Commission website....
At its March meeting, HBI voted two new additions to its board of directors. Felicia Jacques, Roxbury resident and Vice President of Development at Maloney Properties, and David Hacin, South End resident and principal of David Hacin and Associates, are HBI?s two newest board members. ...
Preservationists and Rep. Blumenauer Urge Chairman Camp to Keep Historic Tax Credit in Reformed Tax CodePosted February 26, 2014House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) released a discussion draft today of his vision for comprehensive tax reform, and it eliminates the federal historic tax credit. The...
From Fire House to Office Space: Boston's Eustis Street Fire HousePosted on: February 27, 2014By: Lauren Walser When your office is located in an old firehouse, chances are you?re going to get a lot of questions about the fire pole.Sadly, Kathy Kottaridis, executive director of Historic Boston,...
