06 Jun The Hayden Building Featured on Curbed.com
From Bauhaus to the State House: Boston's Best StarchitectureTom AcitelliCurbed BostonJune 3, 2014Read the Article ...
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30 May The ?Giant? in Our Backyard
A few months ago when we started construction in the basement of the Kittredge House, we made an exciting discovery. The remnants of a Roxbury Puddingstone retaining wall were found in the basement. It?s hypothesized that this wall may be a relic of the original...
30 May Hayden Building Honored at State Awards Luncheon
Last week, the Hayden Building was one of a select few projects that was honored by the Massachusetts Historical Commission with a Preservation Award. HBI and our partners on the project, CUBE Design and Research and Marc Truant & Associates, were honored to receive such...
23 May Freedom Trail Pop-Up Book in Kickstarter Mode
A couple of years ago, HBI posted a fascinating You Tube video on the Freedom Trail Pop Up Book developed by designer Denise Price. Denise has significantly refined the book and is getting it ready for publication, hoping for help with initial publication costs through...
23 May Students at Codman Academy Share Codman Square History in the D-Tour
Seniors at Codman Academy Charter Public School organized their own tour of Codman Square in May to highlight the community?s assets and history. It builds on "My Dot Tour," a youth tour of historic and cultural strengths in Dorchester's Fields Corner, developed in 2010 by...
16 May From the Parthenon to the Kittredge House; HBI’s Council of Advisors Celebrates the Greek Revival
HBI?s Council of Advisors and friends gathered for their spring meeting May 13th and the focus was the Alvah Kittredge House (1836) and the classical architecture that inspired the American Greek Revival period in which it was built.The afternoon program began with a behind-the-scenes visit...
12 May Eastern Bank Joins in Celebration of Kittredge House’s Near Completion
Eastern Bank?s President and Chief Operating Officer, Robert Rivers, paid a visit to the Alvah Kittredge House this week to check in on progress of the historic property?s rehabilitation. Eastern Bank recently presented HBI with a $20,000 Partnership Grant from its charitable foundation toward restoration...
09 May Before and After at the Vertullo Building
Quite a bit of work has been going on at the Vertullo Building in Hyde Park, and it's about time that we shared some of the great progress being made by our team. The most notable change is the extension of the storefronts around the...
02 May Springtime at the Kittredge House
It?s been about four months since we checked in at the Kittredge House, and there has been a lot of progress made. Now that drywall is up, and the kitchen cabinets are in, the spaces are really starting to feel like apartments. Some of the...
25 Apr The Hayden Building wins MHC Preservation Award
HBI is thrilled to announce that the Hayden Building will receive one of this year?s Massachusetts Historical Commission Preservation Awards HBI?s restoration of the Hayden Building, H. H. Richardson?s last standing commercial building in Boston, resulted in four new apartments and a retail space in...