This blog is a place for dialogue on issues and actions relating to Boston's unique built environment and the preservation and continuing evolution of historic resources within it. My goal, as the Executive Director of the Boston Preservation Alliance, is to post timely, relevant and thought-provoking intelligence, ideas, and insights that will engage conversations, inform our actions, and broaden perspectives on preservation.
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Executive Director
Planning for the City of Boston’s new Dudley Municipal Building is underway! It promises to be one of the most exciting preservation and new construction projects in the city of this decade. As Sonja Vitow wrote in our most recent issue of the AllianceLetter, the restoration of the facade of the Ferdinand Blue Store after [...]
It was an honor to join an enthusiastic crowd today at the Malcolm X – Ella Little-Collins House on Dale Street in Roxbury for an announcement by the National Trust for Historic Preservation that the house will be listed as one of the 11 Most Endangered properties in the country. Mayor Menino was on hand [...]