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It’s crunch time at the Upham's Corner Comfort Station as construction winds down and plans are in progress for Comfort Kitchen’s long-awaited opening. [caption id="attachment_4809" align="alignleft" width="441"] Partners Biplaw Rai and Kwasi Kwaa discuss kitchen layout[/caption] The final weeks of construction projects are always stressful, and this...

In July of 2022, the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg announced that the entire archive of what The Atlantic published from 1857 to 2014 is now fully digitized and available on line.  The 165-year-old magazine traces its roots to the 1718 Old Corner Bookstore -- the...

Dakota Jones, the newest member of HBI’s Board of Directors, is Director of Operations and Senior Diversity Consultant at InOrder Business Development Solutions. The company consults with businesses working with the built environment – developers, construction companies, and institutions – on matters of diversity, equity...

Mayor Michelle Wu’s 2023 operating budget moved The Boston Landmarks Commission out from under management by the City’s Environment Department and into a newly created Office of Historic Preservation. The re-structuring keeps the City’s chief historic preservation regulatory functions within the Environment, Energy and Open Space...

There's been a lot of noise coming from construction at the historic St. James African Orthodox Church in Roxbury this month. The most obvious cause is Olde Mohawk Preservation's replacement of the entire roof of the church building.  More quietly has been the work of...

Historic Boston was saddened to learn of the recent passing of Marcia Myers, 81, a pioneering preservation planner in Boston and a long-serving member of HBI’s Board of Directors.  Marcia was the first director of the Boston Landmarks Commission and, as staff to the Boston...