In celebration of Preservation Month, beginning May 1, you?ll be able to learn first-hand about some of the most historic buildings in Boston's Downtown Crossing neighborhood. This project is sponsored by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) and the Boston Landmark Commission (BLC), and is supported...
Premium content from Boston Business Journal by Brendan Lynch, Special to the Journal Date: Friday, April 27, 2012, 6:00am EDT Photo of Noah Maslan, by W. Marc Bernsau, Boston Business Journal ?It?s a critical resource,? said Noah Maslan, real estate director at Urban Edge, which secured...
Fields Corner?one of HBI?s two Historic Neighborhood Centers districts?is lucky to be home to the Dorchester Youth Collaborative, an important center of programming for at-risk teens from Dorchester and beyond. For over 30 years the DYC has provided mentoring, job training, and crisis intervention for...
May is National Preservation Month and Boston will be celebrating with a host of activities throughout the city. The month kicks-off here in Dudley Square on Saturday, April 28th with OurDudley Square, a day of tours, scavenger hunts and oral histories. The BostonLandmarks Commission has...
Pop the champagne, another almost-Boston Landmark is in the hands of a happy new owner! Last week 65 Pleasant Street in Dorchester, also known as the Anna Clapp Harris Smith House, was sold to first time homebuyer Stacey Cordeiro. For two years, Historic Boston and...
Five local organizations are collaborating with the City of Boston on Saturday April 28th, 2012 to host Our Dudley Square, a day of special activities that celebrate the rich history of Dudley Square and its people. The special day is planned to coincide with the...
Historic Boston Inc.'s rehabilitation of Roxbury?s Eustis Street Fire House will be honored with one of this year?s Paul E. Tsongas Awards from Preservation Massachusetts. The award, established in 1987 and named for the late Massachusetts senator, is presented each year to exemplary preservation projects in Massachusetts. ...
Local Roslindale artist and designer Brad Harris has done it again! Harris, a Roslindale resident and active volunteer for Roslindale Village Main Streets, has designed another fun and creative marketing item to promote and educate people on the importance of the historic MBTA substation. He designed...
HBI is pleased to report that projects at the Hayden Building and the Alvah...
In honor of Women?s History Month, which is celebrated annually in March, we thought that we would share this fascinating look at a very early manifestation of the women?s suffrage movement that took place in Boston?s Hyde Park neighborhood. It is worth working your way through...
