On Saturday, May 11th, from 11 am-4 pm, discover why 8,000 people call Downtown Crossing home during our inaugural "Downtown: Home Where The Heart Is" home tour. Residents at ten different homes will open their doors to showcase the best of living downtown. Stops along the self-guided tour,...
HBI hired Mills Whittaker Architects to complete comprehensive assessments of conditions and systems at two important frame churches in Boston -- First Church in Roxbury and Second Church in Dorchester. As that work draws to a close, Don Mills continues the Tale of Two Churches...
Guest Blogger Brian Pfeiffer of Preservation Advisory Services, consultant to HBI on easement management, begins a series of four blog posts on preservation restrictions and their importance to historic preservation and their value to donors. HBI holds seven easements, mostly on properties where the organization...
This just in from DND: Want to redevelop a piece of history? Last week, DND put the Charlestown Battalion Armory out for RFP. Located at 374-398 Bunker Hill Street, the Armory provided drill space for four local military companies, including the 192nd Infantry Regiment -...
Actor Bronson Pinchot has an irrepressible enthusiasm for Greek Revival houses. His passion is evident in his DIY Network show The Bronson Pinchot Project, which documents the revitalization of his 1840 Greek Revival home using architectural salvage. Bronson recently learned of Historic Boston?s plans to...
May 2-Preservation Month Keynote EventTHU | 6 PM ? 8 PM TALKOld Houses, New EnergyPlease join Mayor Thomas M. Menino to launch Boston?s city-wide celebration of National Historic Preservation Month. Boston's neighborhoods of older homes are distinctive among American cities. Find out how to save...
MAY23 Preservation Month Keynote EventTHU | 6 PM ? 8 PM TALKAND RECEPTIONBetter with Age: Greening Historic Commercial Buildings Historic preservation is crucial to Boston?s continuing commercial redevelopment. Revitalizing historic buildings ensures that Bostonremains unique among American cities, with blocks of historic downtown commercial buildings. Three...
May is Preservation Month, and all of the neighborhoods of Boston will be a part of the celebration. Once again, the Boston Landmarks Commission has organized a fantastic calendar of events. Check it out, and make sure to take part in as many of the...
This note was found afixed to a door in the Hayden Building,and has been kept by HBI as a souvenir of its Combat Zone daysA little overly dramatic, somewhat tongue-in-cheek, but this isn?t really an April Fools Day post. Curbed Boston this week cited the...
While the initial tax court disagreed with the IRS?s position in Boardwalk, the appeals court sided with the IRS, agreeing that the corporate member of the HBH project partnership assumed virtually no risk in joining the project. Instead, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals found...
