adaptive reuse Archives

Preservation Month Spotlight: 2 Ionic Avenue, Worcester

This Preservation Month, we want to put the spotlight on a particularly exciting project: 2 Ionic Avenue, the future home of Creative Hub Worcester. The former Worcester Boys Club,...

The Charles River Speedway wins Kuehn Award from Preservation Massachusetts

AHF is so pleased to share that Preservation Massachusetts has named The Charles River Speedway a 2022 Robert H. Kuehn award winner. This award is particularly meaningful as it recognizes...

From The Worcester Telegram – ‘Definitely a challenge’: $100 million needed to restore Worcester Memorial Auditorium

The estimated $100 million price tag to fix up the city’s long-vacant Memorial Auditorium in Lincoln Square comes with two questions: Is it worth it? Can it be done?...

Speedway Progress Update: November 2021

Rounding things out, we were so pleased to have the opportunity to talk about The Speedway as a historic preservation case study with Preservation Mass earlier this fall. AHF’s...

The Speedway Progress Update: May 2021

6. New Tenant! We’re trilled to welcome our first creative operator to The Speedway! Joining Notch at the complex will be Tipping Cow, a Somerville-based manufacturer of gourmet, allergen-free...

AHF Rebrands to Reflect Shifting Focus to Historic Property Redevelopment

In addition to rebranding, AHF is moving its offices out of the basement of Old City Hall and into the newly rehabbed Charles River Speedway. This decision is partly an adaptation...

From WBUR – “How Virtual ‘Hell Nights’ – And A Lot of Cans – Are Helping Massachusetts Breweries Survive This Brutal Winter”

March is finally here, but Massachusetts craft brewers are still struggling to reach the end of this long, cruel, pandemic winter. We reached out to a few brewpubs, tap...

From “Drive-By Community” to Destination: How Historic Preservation Put West Stockbridge on the Map

Bob Salerno of the West Stockbridge Historical Society relaxes outside the Old Town Hall. Credit: Ben Garver, The Berkshire Eagle. Nobody expected West Stockbridge to draw crowds. For most...