A Massachusetts brewing company will be opening its second taproom and brewery in Brighton. Salem-based Notch Brewing will be the anchor tenant of the Charles River Speedway in the summer of 2020… The Charles River Speedway complex is a collaborative effort by the Architectural Heritage Foundation the Department of Conservation and Recreation to rehabilitate the old racetrack that once stood on Western Avenue.
Boston, Massachusetts: Architectural Heritage Foundation (AHF) today announced plans for The Speedway, a revitalized destination to eat, drink, shop and gather in the historic Charles River Speedway Headquarters Administration Buildings in Brighton with Notch Brewing’s second brewery and taproom serving as its anchor retail tenant.
On September 20, the Architectural Heritage Foundation partnered with the Friends of North Brookfield Town House, Long View Farm Studios, MassDevelopment, and MacRostie Historic Advisors to present at Preservation Massachusetts’ 2019 Historic Preservation Conference in Plymouth.
The Architectural Heritage Foundation is saddened to announce the loss of our founder and chairman emeritus Roger Webb. Roger was an early leader in Boston’s preservation movement at a time when urban renewal was in full swing.
With a few more years of planning and at least $170 million, three very different redevelopment projects at a trio of the city’s historic and long-vacant buildings at one of the city’s most high-profile intersections could dramatically transform a major gateway in Worcester. Those three historic buildings – the Worcester County Courthouse, the Lincoln Square Boys Club and the Worcester Memorial Auditorium – are either underway on a development project or slated for a rehabilitation in the coming months and years.
WORCESTER – The city has reached an agreement with the Architectural Heritage Foundation for the sale and redevelopment of the Worcester Memorial Auditorium. Under the agreement, the Boston-based historic preservation group will purchase the historic city-owned building for $450,000 and projects investing a total of $94 million in redeveloping it, according to City Manager Edward M. Augustus Jr.
The Worcester Memorial Auditorium will be sold to a historic property architecture firm for $450,000 to make way for the firm’s planned $94-million redevelopment of the 87-year-old building vacant since 1999. City Manager Edward Augustus is slated to bring the news to the City Council next Tuesday, according to documents released by the city Thursday. The council will be asked to approve the sale to Boston-based Architectural Heritage Foundation.
The Architectural Heritage Foundation, a Boston-based preservation group, has agreed to purchase the iconic Worcester Auditorium for $450,000, according to the city manager, with a plan to transform the building into an innovative technology, arts and education center.
