AHF hosts Pop Up Yoga at the Speedway Headquarters
On Sunday, September 20th, AHF hosted an engaging community event at the Speedway Headquarters in Brighton – a free Pop Up Yoga session held in the courtyard of the soon to be renovated complex.
AHF partnering with City of Boston Archaeology Department For Exciting Dig in Old City Hall Courtyard
AHF is excited to announce a partnership with the City of Boston Archaeology Department around the historic courtyard at Old City Hall. City Archaeologist Joe Bagley will be leading a dig this summer in the hopes of uncovering remnants of and artifacts from what is believed to be the oldest schoolhouse in North America.
AHF begins first phase of Speedway Headquarters community engagement and launches new website – www.speedwayhq.com
On November 8th, 2014, Architectural Heritage Foundation began the first phase of community engagement for the Historic Speedway Headquarters Building in Brighton.
From the Allston/Brighton Tab – “DCR, developers work to rehab, reuse historic site”
“Architectural Heritage Foundation is a preservation developer,” said company president Sean McDonnell. “The preservation piece is just to raise some money to do the preservation, but more importantly it’s also about how to get people in here doing fun things and getting them to come back and do them again.”
AHF Designated as Developer of Historic Speedway Headquarters
As announced recently by the Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), AHF and housing partner 243 Dutton LLC have been designated as the developers of the historic Speedway Headquarters Building in Brighton, Massachusetts.
AHF submits exciting proposal for the Historic Speedway Headquarters
Architectural Heritage Foundation has recently submitted an exciting redevelopment proposal to DCR (Department of Conservation and Recreation, the former MDC) for their Speedway Headquarters complex on Western Avenue in Brighton.
AHF receives Paul E. Tsongas Award for Washington Mills Building No. 1
AHF was pleased to receive two preservation awards this spring for Washington Mills Building No.1 in Lawrence and the Baird and Benton Building in Lee. Both projects received the Paul E. Tsongas Award from Preservation Massachusetts for their exemplary use of the Massachusetts State Historic Tax Credit Program.
AHF Receives Federal Stimulus Funding for Trailblazing Energy Efficiency Projects
Architectural Heritage Foundation, in partnership with Historic New England and the Trustees of Reservations, will complete Deep Energy Retrofits at three historic properties in the Commonwealth: The Lyman Estate in Waltham, the Bullit Reservation in Conway/Ashfield, and the Appleton Farms Center for Agriculture and the Environment in Ipswich. Each of the Deep Energy Retrofits takes a different approach, and will provide valuable information for future retrofits of historic properties. Notable features include a historically sensitive retrofit to the Lyman Estate that preserves historic values of the property, efforts to make the Bullit Reservation a certified “passive house” that uses little to no fossil fuel energy, and a comprehensive building envelope treatment at Appleton Farms including exterior super-insulation, air source heat pumps and solar thermal hot water systems.
