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26 Aug Boston Business Journal Features Frozenyo and the Old Corner Bookstore
Frozenyo Expands into Boston with High-Profile Downtown Crossing Space August 26, 2013By Jon ChestoManaging EditorBoston Business Journal When Matt Coombs started looking for a space in Boston to open a Frozenyo franchise two years ago, the concept of self-serve frozen yogurt was still a relatively new...11 Oct New to the Old Corner Bookstore!
HBI is pleased to welcome Fro.Zen.Yo to the Old Corner Bookstore, replacing long-time tenant, The Body Shop. Fro.Zen.Yo is a self serve frozen yogurt store with a plethora of options. There are healthy options like Non Fat Frozen Yogurt, No Sugar Added Frozen Yogurt or...
04 Apr Intercepting perspectives on what the Old Corner might be
Historic Boston Inc. has been working with the branding firm Other Tomorrows to understand the public’s perception of the 1718 Old Corner Bookstore as HBI prepares for a new generation of rehabilitation and interpretation of the four historic buildings that make up the complex we...
13 Dec An Old Corner window into the Boston Tea Party
As the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party approaches on December 16th, Historic Boston wondered what the residents of the Old Corner Bookstore would have seen from their windows on that fateful night in 1773 when a massive crowd of Bostonians protest the English...
05 Mar Louisa May Alcott’s Pot of Gold
Kit Haggard is the Director of the Boston Literary District – a collection of 87 historically significant literary sites spread throughout Boston’s Downtown, Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Theater, and South End neighborhoods. Kit earned her BA from Sarah Lawrence and her MFA from Emerson College....
04 Jan New Book “Tales From the Old Corner: Celebrating 300 Years”, Now Available
In November, HBI commissioned author, Susan Wilson, to write a history of HBI’s flagship property, The Old Corner Bookstore building. Through its life as an apothecary, a tailor’s shop, a cigar emporium, a pizza joint, and beyond, Wilson explores the people and businesses that have called...
12 Nov Illuminus 2018 Sheds Light on Old Corner’s legacy
For the second consecutive year, HBI’s Old Corner building has been a featured canvas for the annual Illuminus light festival in downtown Boston. Last year, HBI unveiled an augmented reality project “Look Again” that used smart phones and tablets to overlay 150 years of photographic...