architecture
News Notes – November 21
Public gets its turn to see the new wing at the MFA By Matt Byrne – Globe Correspondent / November 21, 2010 After a 10-hour bus ride from Alexandria, Va., Steven Troxel was ready. He showed up early yesterday morning, wore comfortable shoes, and waited for more than two hours outside the Museum of Fine [...]
New England Conservatory Announces Selection of Ann Beha Architects to Design Proposed Campus Master Plan
New England Conservatory announces the selection of Boston-based Ann Beha Architects (ABA) to design its proposed Campus Master Plan. ABA, which will collaborate with the national firm of Gensler, was chosen from a field of six short-listed firms invited to present to an Architect Selection Committee chaired by Timothy Vaill, an NEC Trustee and recently [...]
News Notes – August 22
Designing a legacy – Celebrated African-American architectural team helped shape city By Meghan E. Irons – Globe Staff / August 22, 2010 Their designs are part of the fabric of Boston — they can be seen in the new police headquarters, the Ruggles T station, Roxbury Community College, the Southwest Corridor. But there is much [...]
Historic Townhouse Offers a True Rarity in West Fenway Condominium Stock
41 Park Drive. Image provided by Michael Grappo The following article is posted for the real estate agent who is trying to sell the property described. By Michael Grappo The Robert Treat Paine House, so named after the family who built it at the end of the nineteenth century, is a landmark residence that graces [...]
Fenway History – Metropolitan Horse Railroad fire
The New England Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute Building. Image from www.stcroixarchitecture.com/ By Elizabeth Gillis The fire wagon, pulled by horses, hurried up Huntington Avenue. The first wagon carried the firemen and perhaps there was another that carried the fire hose.When they arrived they saw what a desperate situation it was so a second fire alarm [...]