This week, we are pleased to have David Amory, architect of the restoration of the Kittredge House, as our guest blogger. As current architect of the building, he has an interesting vantage point from which to view the decisions made by previous designers.The restoration and...
When: Friday, November 8, 2013 from 8:30am-5:00pm Where: The Waterworks Museum, 2450 Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02467 Cost: FREE!Join Jean Carroon of Goody Clancy, James Petersen of Petersen Engineering, Inc., and William Rose of the University of Illinois for a full-day workshop on developing a long-term stewardship...
More than 250 people joined HBI and Roslindale Village Main Street on Saturday, October 19thfor an open house and community photograph to honor the listing of the 1911 former MBTA switching station on the National Register of Historic Places. Led by Mayor Thomas Menino, the...
Redevelopment of Roslindale Substation OK'd By City's Zoning BoardBoston.comPatrick RossoTown CorrespondentOctober 22, 2013A project by Historic Boston Inc. that proposes converting the Roslindale Substation and surrounding property into a restaurant and housing was approved by the city?s Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday morning.Plans call for the conversion...
Thanks to the continued success of the HBI Trilogy Fund Capital Campaign and a recent ReStore grant from the City of Boston Department of Neighborhood Development, the Vertullo Building in Hyde Park, the third of the HBI Trilogy buildings, will undergo the first phase of...
This week we are linking you over to the blog "The Handmade House", written by Stacey Cordeiro, the owner of the Anna Clapp Harris Smith House in Dorchester. Stacey bought the house after HBI and the North Bennet Street School worked to stabilize it. Her...
Below is an exerpt from ?In memoriam, Nathaniel Jeremiah Bradlee: born June 1, 1829, died Dec. 17, 1888? which was written in 1888, the year of Mr. Bradlee's death. It includes a lovely description of the Kittredge House as it was when Bradlee lived there. Besides...
Historic Boston is excited to announce that our recent rehabilitation of H.H. Richardson's Hayden Building has achieved LEED Platinum certification in the LEED for Homes category. Developed and implemented by the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a standard...
With the rehabilitation and adaptive reuse of H. H. Richardson?s Hayden Building now complete, Chris Johns, Partner at CUBE design+ research, would like to share more on how their research informed elements of project design and inspired CUBE?s art and interpretive installations throughout the building?s public...
We are excited to present our guest blogger for this week, Mary Cirbus. Mary is graduate student at Boston University in the Preservation Studies Department, and she has played a large role in the planning of this years Massachusetts Historic Preservation Conference, which this year will...
