Dudley Square has long stood as a gateway to Roxbury and the surrounding southern neighborhoods of Boston. During the colonial period, when the delicate Roxbury Neck Road, now Washington Street, served as the only land bridge between Boston and mainland Massachusetts, Dudley saw all traffic...
Working on the new iron fenceLast week brought three new physical transformations to the Eustis Street Fire House. Two dying trees in the Eliot Burying Ground that stood near the fire house for many years were removed, resulting in a lot more light into our offices...
The Boston Business Journal featured Historic Boston Inc. in recent article about our new Dudley Square headquarters:Renovation group relocates to Roxbury ...
Current photo of facade 1965 Bostonian Society photo showing early storefronts; note Baptist Church in the background Historic Boston is pleased to announce the acquisition of the historic Vertullo building in Hyde Park's Logan Square for a planned rehabilitation next year. Located at 74-84 Fairmount Avenue in...
HBI works in a microcosm of its former offices at Downtown Crossing. There are many lunchtime options, places to buy clothes and shoes, and shops for our daily fix of office candy. We even have our own version of the Filenes hole in the ground...
Our Groundbreaking earlier this year let us meet some of our neighbors.We're enjoying getting to know them better.HBI?s long-time office snack, gummi worms, has been replaced with coconut macaroons and mango wafer cookies. Dudley Square is turning out to be more than just...
One of the best things about moving to a new place is getting to know the neighborhood. We are settling into our new headquarters and enjoying getting to know the very vibrant neighborhood of Dudley Square. This is a dynamic community with plenty of local...
When thoughtfully applied, $1 million can go a long way toward restoring and preserving valuable histroic resources. The National Trust's Partners in Preservation will showcase just how much was done through a 2009 grant program during a special Open House on September 17th. Erin Doherty, who has...
Images by Cube Design + Research HBI is in the midst of converting the Hayden building in Chinatown for residential use. This major project requires gutting and then rebuilding the inside of the stone structure. Like all residential developers, we have to make...
Historic Boston and Roslindale Village Main Streets (RVMS) have been charged with developing a feasible proposal to reuse a long-empty substation in Roslindale. In this post, Guest blogger Elizabeth Sherva, an RVMS board member and substation neighbor, provides an update on the project. Renderings by Taylor & Burns Architects My...
