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21 Feb HBI Board Member, Jay Wickersham, Appointed Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture
HBI is pleased to hear that Board Member, Jay Wickersham has been appointed as Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, effective 1 January 2013. Wickersham has previously served as a Lecturer in Architecture at the GSD, teaching courses in architectural practice and ethics, the history of architectural...
15 Feb Church of the Covenant in Boston to Celebrate National Historic Landmark Status on Sunday, February 24
Largest intact Tiffany-designed ecclesiastical interior in AmericaBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (February 11, 2013) ? Boston's Church of the Covenant at Newbury and Berkeley Streets in Boston?s Back Bay neighborhood has been named a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar. The public...
15 Feb POSTPONED-Mark Your Calendar! The Shirley Eustis House is Hosting a Lecture on the Eustis Street Fire House
Image courtesy of The Shirley Eustis House The Shirley-Eustis House Announces Lecture on Thursday, February 21, 2012?On the Road to Boston: Remembering Historic Structures in Roxbury?BOSTON, Mass. ? The Shirley-Eustis House, a National Historic Landmark house museum and carriage house at 33 Shirley Street in Boston,...
11 Feb Boardwalk Case to go to the Supreme Court?
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...
29 Jan Q&A: Architect David Lee on Preservation, Interpretation and the Malcolm X-Ella Little-Collins House
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,...
29 Jan Save The Date! Hayden Building Ribbon Cutting!
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...
25 Jan Connect Historic Boston initiative Links Boston?s Past with a Transportation Future
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...
22 Jan Hayden Building Now Leasing
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...