In previous blog posts we discussed the IRS?s decision to deny the allocation of federal historic tax credits to the corporate member of a redevelopment project partnership associated with the rehabilitation of the Historic Boardwalk Hall in New Jersey. In United States Tax Court the...
HBI selected David Lee, partner at the Boston-based firm Stull and Lee, to assess the Malcolm X-Ella Little Collins House, and provide conceptual design for its re-use. David discussed with HBI his work on this important landmark, the meaning of Malcolm X in his life,...
February 28th at 11:00 am HBI will be celebrating the completion of theHayden Building, H.H. Richardson's only surviving commercial building in Boston. We are excited to announce that Mayor Thomas Menino will be our special guest at the event. Please mark your calendars for this...
Advocates and stewards biked from Black FalconTerminal to Faneuil Hall in early November.City of Boston transportation planner Addy Smith-Reiman introduces us to a new initiative of the Menino administration and the National Park Service.Have you ever found yourself disorientated in downtown Boston? Maybe a little...
We are pleased to announce that the Hayden Building is now nearing completion. The four rental units are now being leased, and soon this historic structure will be a hip new home for some very lucky tenants. To learn more about becoming a tenant at...
Earlier this month, HBI was honored to receive a very special award from the Boston Fire Historical Society. HBI has been working with the Historical Society since beginning the preservation and renovation of the Eustis Street Fire House several years ago. Through use of their...
Our guest blogger this week is Kate Gilmore, HBI intern and student at Columbia's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Kate has done extensive research on air rights and how they play into the preservation of architecture. In 1968, the owners of Grand Central Station...
The new Dudley Municipal Complex is well underway, including restoration of the historic Ferdinand?s Furniture Store, built in 1895 and once the largest retail furniture store in New England. While the project is a major development and public policy accomplishment of the Menino Administration, implementation...
A recent court decision on investor risk for the Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall has called the investment structures of the Federal Historic Tax Credits. Matt Welch describes the problem and potential implications for preservation projects and the credits in part three of our series on...
