We do our best at HBI to reposition historic buildings based upon what physical evidence we can find on site and what documentary research will tell us. Unfortunately, the available record is all too often incomplete and we are simply left to speculate. In the...
Parallel to the infrastructure improvements being completed as part of the Dorchester Avenue Project?the City of Boston and Mass DOT?s $15.6 million streetscape, pedestrian, and traffic upgrade to the 5-mile length of Dorchester Avenue?HBI has been working on a ?Dot. Ave. Project? of its own...
1895 Bromley Atlas (Before the move)Many of the old buildings HBI encounters are not sitting in their original locations. The Eustis Street Fire House sits where it was originally built, but the earlier, 1829 ?Torrent Six? that preceded it was sold in 1859 to W.B....
Have a 'gansett!HBI has had the pleasure of working in unison with a lot of great companies and organizations over the years. Now we have another name to add to that list. Narragansett Beer was kind enough to donate some of their famous Narragansett Lager...
Saturday the 11th of February, 20129:3o-11:oo amThe National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Massachusetts Historical Commission and Historic New England have come together to plan a fantastic event. "Greening the Older Home" will combine a speaking program as well as a tour of the nearby Pierce...
Check out the article by Jeremy C. Fox, Town CorrespondentHistoric Boston to Restore 150-year-old Hyde Park building74-84 Fairmount Ave.A new owner plans an old look for a historic Hyde Park building. Earlier this fall the Vertullo Building at 74 ? 84 Fairmount Ave. was purchased by...
Please carve away a little time for the Boston Landmarks Commission this holiday season. Commission staff will celebrate 2011?s accomplishments and plans for 2012 with a presentation to the public and the Commission at its last hearing of the year on Tuesday, December 13th from...
It is getting dark early these days, but the streetscape on Fairmount Avenue in Hyde Park just got a bit brighter with the recent installation of a Broadway-style sign over the entry to the Everett Square Theatre. Fabricated by Boston Sign, the design is based...
HBI has begun working with Rodnell Collins, the nephew of Malcolm Little -- known to most as Malcolm X -- about the house in Roxbury that Rodnell grew up in but which Malcolm X would have stayed in for long periods of time in his...
As part of the celebration of HBI's 50th birthday and Fenway Park's 100th, honorary guest, Bill Littlefield read the following poem. It was a big hit, and so we thought that we would share it with you all here.Sox To See New Park Tear down the...
