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Heartland: Charlevoix’s architecture can remedy the Anytown 

Maxwell Pociask April 19, 2022
The works of Charlevoix’s Earl Young demonstrate that we shouldn't have to travel around the world to find building styles that set themselves apart from the uninspired suburb.
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Boston Design Week returns virtually after last-minute cancellation last year

Jesús Marrero Suárez April 16, 2021
The 12-day festival celebrating the role of design in everyday life will return April 28.
parking lot at 149 newbury st in boston

New retail, office building designed to replace Newbury parking lot

Taylor Brokesh April 14, 2021
The proposed site at 149 Newbury St. would fill the last open lot on the historic street.
hostile bench along commonwealth avenue

Hostile architecture remains an issue for Boston, Cambridge’s unhoused

Taylor Brokesh April 7, 2021
Self-proclaimed “Shlubs for Housing” removed armrests dividing benches in Cambridge train stops.
old north church in boston

Boston churches partially reopen for second Easter in the shadow of COVID-19

Sam Trottenberg April 4, 2021
Boston's Old North Church opened for a limited in-person service, while others stayed online.
row of houses in charlestown

City approves more than $370,000 in Charlestown Community Impact Fund grants

Daniel Kool March 24, 2021
Its Managing Committee approved “mini-grants” of $2,500 to $20,000 to local nonprofits.
Lenox Street Apartments public housing

Lenox Street Apartments affordable housing complex in South End to undergo $125 million renovation

Anne Jonas March 3, 2021
Originally built in 1939, the 285-unit building will be modernized through the infusion of nearly $125 million in financing and a partnership between Beacon Communities and the Boston Housing Authority.
Chandler pond in Chestnut Hill

Community Preservation Committee recommends projects for new funding

Taylor Brokesh February 25, 2021
The Boston City Council will vote to approve funding, which totals more than $25 million in grants from the Community Preservation Fund.
The Boston Public Library, a registered Boston landmark. A proposed update to the Massachusetts Constitution would extend landmark preservation privileges to buildings significant to Black and immigrant communities. CHLOE GRINBERG/ DFP FILE

Councilors call for expansion to City’s ‘landmark’ definition

Madison Mercado February 9, 2021
The change — proposed late January — would make it easier for sites significant to Boston’s Black and immigrant communities to be made city landmarks.
Renovations to the Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library finished on Tuesday. COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

Boston Public Library completes Roxbury Branch renovation

Rin Velasco October 29, 2020
The renovation of the Boston Public Library’s Roxbury Branch finished Tuesday, nearly three years after the project began. The renovation came after years of BPL branch assessments that determined the location did not meet the needs of modern library-goers.
Maya Lin, an award-winning designer, architect, and artist delivered the keynote address Thursday for the 43rd annual conference of the National Council of Arts Administrators. PHOTO BY L.E. CHARLES/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Maya Lin speaks on environmental art, architecture at BU

Ethan Cappello September 25, 2015

Celebrated architect and artist Maya Lin spoke about the issue of environmentalism and sustainable architecture Thursday afternoon during her keynote address for the 43rd annual conference of the National...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announces Imagine Boston 2030, the first citywide plan in 50 years, to the Innovative Design Alternatives Summit in Faneuil Hall on Wednesday. PHOTO BY DANIEL GUAN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Urban planning initiative Imagine Boston 2030 announced at symposium

Sekar Krisnauli May 7, 2015

In an effort to revitalize city planning, Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced an urban planning initiative called Imagine Boston 2030 at the Innovative Design Alternatives Summit at Faneuil Hall Wednesday. Imagine...

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