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2019 ANNUAL REPORT MISSION & VISION FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Boston Preservation Alliance is a nonprofit 501(c)3 Boston is a city synonymous with history. Our Convention & Visitor’s Bureau proclaims to airport arrivals, “Boston—Where Historic Meets Modern.” organization that protects, promotes, and preserves Given 78% of the city’s buildings were built before 1945, our heritage is an Boston’s historic places. Through advocacy and education, integral part of our identity and a valuable asset. Yet one can’t help but wonder we bring people and organizations together to influence how today’s explosion of development impacts that very history. (The BPDA approved 11.9 million square feet of development in 2018.) the future of Boston’s historic buildings, landscapes, and neighborhoods. At the Boston Preservation Alliance we guide the thoughtful evolution of the city. Together, with your support, we are the conscience reminding project The Alliance believes Boston’s architectural heritage is a national proponents, government officials, and boards of the balance between old and new that makes Boston a success. It’s an equilibrium easily upset, and of growing treasure, contributing to the quality of life for Boston’s residents concern to residents who plead for our assistance. Change can enhance or and visitors as well as to the economic vitality of the city. erode what makes Boston special, and our work is to encourage thoughtful change. Alliance staff monitor and engage with fifty or more projects at any While committed to preserving the best of Boston’s historic built given time while also working behind the scenes to change city-wide policies. environment, the Alliance recognizes the importance of growth Today our work couldn’t be more important. and development to a vibrant economy and advocates for a Regularly under threat are historic places that are the texture and essence of harmonious balance between old and new. neighborhoods. The city is being homogenized as treasured oddities and places of collective memories are erased. Yet residents and our preservation rules and With individual, organizational, and corporate members tools are ill-prepared to respond. That is why the Alliance has been working 78% of behind the scenes to adjust the tools to match today’s needs. In 2019 we the city’s throughout the city and beyond, the Alliance provides a respected buildings developed the Advocate Certification Training (ACT) class to train residents to were built voice for preservation in Boston. be more effective advocates for preservation, worked to create a preservation before 1945 funding mechanism in the Legacy Fund for Boston, and attended over 130 meetings as a regular, respected, and impactful voice at City Hall and in the neighborhoods.

The Alliance Board of Directors is responding to the changing needs of Bostonians. We are addressing preservation beyond bricks and mortar, recog- nizing climate change as both a threat to and opportunity for historic resources, and leveraging our impact with growing focus on citywide preservation policies.

Because of the supporters listed in these pages, our voice remains strong, our assistance is greatly desired, and our testimony and expertise impact all levels of review and approval in the city. Your contributions helped us to positively influence a wide variety of developments, including the Theater, the Motor Mart Garage, Saint Gabriel’s in Brighton, and Goddard House in . All are better for our involvement and that is thanks to your support, for together we make Boston better.

Seeing preservation in action at the Church Women in Design: Then and Now of Christ, Scientist during Design Week. panel discussion. 2 3 ADVOCACY ADVOCACY

The Boston Preservation Alliance was founded over Together we make neighborhoods better. 40 years ago as an umbrella organization for local While all neighborhoods in Boston are experiencing change, / neighborhood groups active in preserving the Brighton has been particularly overwhelmed with development in character and . Today we still embrace recent years. Residents are feeling the loss of neighborhood-defining Allston Square, places, often replaced with generic, uninspired, and out-of-context partnership and collaboration, not only with our members Allston designs. and supporters but with developers, architects, City agencies, and other local decision makers who influence Boston’s built The Allston Square project, by City Realty with Embarc Studio, aims environment. The places that we choose to preserve matter. higher while keeping changes grounded. When first proposed, the project called for the rehabilitation of Allston Hall, an 1890 building They represent the people and the stories of Boston that will live on Franklin Street that is part of a National Register of Historic on for future generations. It is our mission to promote thoughtful Places historic district. The neighborhood and the Alliance supported stewardship of places that matter to all Bostonians. adaptive reuse of this building and the proponent adopted Alliance recommendations for preservation and reconstruction of key elements We support growth and evolution of the city. But the pace of of the façade. A harder conversation tackled the proponent’s plan to development has overtaken the city’s ability to enact thoughtful demolish and replace the 1897 Allen Building, a prominent curved planning and preservation. With seemingly little regard for masonry building that serves as a gateway to the neighborhood. We firmly pushed the proponent and the Boston Civic Design Commission character or context, far too many projects move forward that during the review process to reuse this building and to integrate erode the soul of our neighborhoods. In the city’s effort to abutting new construction into the scale and language of the block. increase housing, we threaten elements that define communities Ultimately, Embarc was able to do just that. Approved in 2019, the and form the building blocks of home. The foundations of our project will add hundreds of housing units and an abundance of new, modern designs and artwork across several city blocks, grounded by city, the things that make it desirable in the first place, are being the preservation and restoration of historic fabric creating a unique, shuttered, overshadowed, and demolished. We must find a better vibrant juxtaposition of old and new. balance between old and new to preserve the vibrancy and variety that makes Boston so special. The Alliance is dedicated to making Boston better. Together with our partners we find solutions that protect places, promote vibrancy, and preserve character. We advocate for adaptive reuse of existing buildings, for contextual new construction, and for policies and processes that result in a successful balance of old and new. The projects highlighted on the following pages demonstrate the type of work that we do to make Boston better for all of its visitors and residents today and for years to come. Approved. Preservation of the Allen Building Proposed replacement of the Allen Building

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Together we make development better. Together we make design review better. We have heard from developers time and time again that their projects Before any larger sized project in Boston is approved, the Boston Civic are better because of the Alliance’s constructive, informed participation. Design Commission (BCDC) has the opportunity to shape designs We help find ways to embrace and enhance the value of historic to enhance how they impact the urban realm. While preservation Goddard House, properties and overcome challenges. And when we can get involved Boston Civic isn’t their charge, commissioners increasingly recognize that historic Jamaica Plain Design at the very beginning, the results are even better. This was true for the Commission resources are key features of the city and drivers of human scale and historic Goddard House on in Jamaica Plain. quality public engagement. Projects that include historic resources are regularly discussed at BCDC meetings. The Alliance frequently attends Put on the market in 2013, the Goddard House Skilled Nursing and these meetings to advocate for preservation and our advice and Rehabilitation Center was a large, well-worn brick building on a 2-acre expertise are often sought during the dialog. site prime for redevelopment. Built in 1926 by prominent architecture firm Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott, it served the Home for It can sometimes take several conversations, over several months, Aged and Indigent Women, an organization founded in 1849. After 85 but proponents and residents who eagerly participate in this design years of service, the organization faced financial hardships and closed process find that projects benefit from the additional review. At these in 2012. The next year, as the property was being listed for sale the meetings our voice is impactful as are our thoughtful comment letters BPDA (then the BRA) encouraged the listing agent, Colliers International, where we express concerns and offer constructive guidance. Through to reach out to the Alliance for guidance. We met before the real estate this collaborative process, we have seen building designs adjusted to listing was even finalized. Over the next few years, the Alliance urged better fit the scale of historic areas, buildings set back to preserve key a sale to a buyer experienced in preservation, met with the eventual viewsheds to historic features, additions to historic buildings rede- developer, Eden Properties, several times to discuss their proposal, and signed to be more sympathetic and to preserve more of the original served on the Impact Advisory Group to provide regular feedback as structure, and in some cases the preservation of historic resources the project progressed. that would otherwise have been demolished. Our presence and contributions at these discussions has proven to be influential all across the city as we consistently urge both proponents and Commissioners to consider the value of Boston’s historic fabric. The impact of our voice has grown by being constructive and solution- oriented while remaining true to our mission. “Today, the Alliance helps Boston negotiate the balance between its quickening evolution as a city with inherited places that remind us how important it is to manage change In the end, the Goddard House was beautifully rehabilitated and paired with two well-designed new buildings for a successful project that embraced the historic wisely. Focused, insightful, tough, building as an asset for place-making and branding. and enjoyable…”

6 Henry Moss, Principal, Bruner/Cott Architects ADVOCACY ADVOCACY

Together we make resources better. Together we make advocacy better. Unlike parks, affordable housing, and other crucial needs in Boston, The preservation process can be confusing. From local historic

Legacy Fund there is no allocation in the City’s capital budget for historic preservation. Advocate Landmarks to National Register districts, Article 80 project review for Boston Resources are very limited for upkeep of historic properties despite an Certification to Article 85 demolition delay, overlay zones to protection areas, overwhelming need. The Alliance was a coalition leader for the adoption Training there is a lot to unpack. We responded to requests from our partners, of the Community Preservation Act, which provides significant funding supporters, and members to understand this process better so that they for preservation projects around the city, but cannot begin to meet the could be more effective advocates in their neighborhoods. With grant demand. With the city’s development boom, the Alliance felt that it was funding from MassHousing and the BSA Foundation, the Advocate appropriate for developers, whose projects benefit financially from the Certification Training (ACT) class was created in 2019 for a launch city’s historic appeal, to pay it forward and help protect the character date in early 2020. and sense of place that make it desirable to build here in the first place. Each ACT course meets one evening a month for four months and In 2019 we completed a two-year advocacy effort to create the Legacy focuses on topics such as the evolution of the historic preservation Fund for Boston. movement, tools and resources for advocates, the development The Legacy Fund, possibly the first of its kind in the nation, is a mitigation review and approval process in Boston, and effective communication fund overseen by an independent advisory committee that includes at public meetings. We introduce preservation-minded neighbors to Designators of the George B. Henderson Foundation, representatives each other and their local partners, City agencies, and representatives from the Boston Preservation Alliance and Historic Boston Inc. and other so participants know where to go for preservation experts. Payments to the fund will not replace our advocacy support and information. Our first course to eliminate or minimize negative impacts to historic resources. However, sold out almost instantly with a wait list if, ultimately, negative impacts cannot be avoided, the Legacy Fund for future courses. We are excited to now exists as a ready receptacle for monetary mitigation that will be share our experience and expertise with distributed neutrally and by experts. Those funds will be available to a our partners across the city because, wide variety of preservation needs across the city. Our long-term goal is together, we make Boston better. to make support of the valuable historic legacy of the city a regular part of doing business in Boston. The historic character of Boston is crucial to its continued success, and development should pay its fair share toward “The BPA has given me an effective long-term stewardship of our collective heritage. place to channel my love of old Boston, offering a framework for “The Alliance’s work holds a mirror up to the authenticity preservation advocacy and a that surrounds us, and reminds government, neighbors network of others who care just and those of us in the development (CRE) community of as deeply as I do.”

our shared responsibility to get change right.” Ashley Casavant, Alliance Young Advisor Photo by Devon King Jeff Marr Jr., Marr Scaffolding Company

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Operating Results INCOME 2019 2018 Membership & Individual Support $214,173* $218,282 Fundraising Events $262,369 $209,632 Grants $5,500 - 2019 Income Programs $4,520 $3,465 In-Kind Support & Other Income $25,323 $14,913 1% Grants Gain on Securitiies & Interest $ 4 5, 411 ($2,312) 8% Gain on Securities & Interest Total Income $557,296 $443,980 39% Membership and EXPENSES 2019 2018 Individual Supporters Payroll/Benefits—Advocacy & Programs $173,127 $156,800 Payroll/Benefits—Other $121,107 $105,979 52% Fundraising events, Events $57,852 $45,142 programs, and in-kind Administration $33,790 $ 48 , 411 Professional Services $17,989 $24,843 Equipment/Software/Website $10,908 $10,527 Other $26,022 $21,925 Dollar Total Expenses $440,795 $413,627 amounts rounded NET SURPLUS $116,501 $30,353 to nearest dollar.

2019 Expenses Statement of Financial Position ASSETS 2019 2018 20% General and Operating Accounts $162,650 $133,533 Administrative Expenses Accounts Receivable $12,472 $21,000 39% Payroll/Benefits­— Unrestricted Reserve Accounts $354,609 $275,958 Advocacy & Programs Donor Restricted Assets $15,000 $21,000 Prepaid Expenses & Undeposited Funds $15,190 $2,707 28% Payroll/Benefits—Other Equipment $1,681 $3,527 13% Events Other Assets $15,655 $26,706 Total Assets $577,257 $484,431

LIABILITIES 2019 2018 Accounts Payable & Accruals $20,654 $14,961 Deferred Revenue $5,500 - Total Liabilities $26,154 $14,961

TOTAL LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS $551,103 $469,470

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Beer + Mortar Beer + Mortar crew dreaming of suds and posing in front of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Carriage at the Shirley-Eustis House Advocate Certification Training in Roxbury. Our Beer + Mortar tours bring people into Boston’s neighborhoods as we tour the town and share a round. Annual Meeting

Photo by Hannah Spicher Beer + Mortar

Heart Bombing

Libations for Preservation

Panel Discussions

Preservation Achievement Awards

Preservation Chatter

Walking Tours

Design Week

Heart Bombing: Valentines and love letters to historic places Heart Bombing and local landmarks that are Sharing our love for the Alley-Eblana brewery, one crafted heart at important to our communities. a time. The brewery was one of the most technologically advanced when it was constructed in 1885 and was known for its production of Eblana Irish Ale.

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Libations for Preservation Young Advisor Laura Lacombe talks to Adrian Navarro of Bully Boy. 10,000 received each of our 26 Adrian won the Drinkers Choice award for his cocktail Dos Gardenias. e-newsletters because they’re Bully Boy is based in a building they preserved at 44 Cedric Street in Roxbury. interested in protecting, promoting, and preserving Boston

Photo by Hannah Spicher project meetings 126 we attended places submitted to our #SaveMyBoston 70 campaign. These places matter! miles collectively hiked in 150 Boston on Allaince-led walking tours Join us next time! Check out bostonpreservation.org/news

Photo by Randy Goodman Photography phone calls advocating 141 for Boston BPA 2019 Awards Left to right, Chris Scoville, Alliance Board President; Greg Galer, people interacting with the Alliance through social media Alliance Executive Director; Larry Curtis, WinnDevelopment, 8,888 Recipient of the 2019 President’s Award for Excellence; and Governor Charlie Baker. number of times Gov. Baker spoke at the Awards saying: #PreservationHub 32,790 269 was tagged visits to our website “The beauty of historic preservation is that it not only gives you a chance to enjoy the glory of 1. Dock Square Garage what a lot of buildings represent, but it gives you 2. Fenway Park Most Viewed a chance to preserve the stories of how they Advocacy Projects 3. MGH Clinical + came to be in the first place.” of 2019 Campus Services Building Governor Charlie Baker 4. Alexandra Hotel 5. Northern Avenue Bridge 14 15 SUPPORTERS SUPPORTERS

CORPORATE Ipswich Bay Glass Finegold Alexander Architects Cabot, Cabot & Forbes MP Boston J. Alexander & T. Stocker SPONSORS & The Peabody Companies Goedecke & Co., LLC Cambridge Seven National Trust for Historic Louise Todd Ambler MEMBERS Goldman Sachs Capstone Communities Preservation Frederick Ames Advocate $5,000 Goulston & Storrs The Cherrytree Group Phoenix Bay State Paula Antonevich 2019 Annual Meeting Boston Financial Investment Real Estate Board Choo & Company Construction Robert Asmar Sponsors Management Handel Architects CBRE Prellwitz Chilinski Associates Judith Avery BPDL – Béton Préfabiqué Boston Global Investors Hemenway & Barnes C3-Commercial Construction Preservation Technology Susan Bailey Haley & Aldrich Building Conservation Housing Partners, Inc. Consulting Associates Rebecca Bell Associates ICON Architecture Commodore Builders Prince Lobel Benevity Community Impact Fund 2019 Design Week CBT Architects J.L. Dunn & Company David Fixler FAIA FAPT Samiotes Richard Bertman Sponsors CM&B, Inc. MacRostie Historic Advisors Denterlein Structures North Consulting Morris Birnbaum Finegold Alexander Architects CV Properties Marr Scaffolding DHK Architects Engineers CBT Architects Shawmut Design and The Davis Companies The NHP Foundation Dorfman Capital TCR Development Ashley Casavant Construction Eastern Bank NV5 Eden Properties ThoughtCraft Architects Anthony Casendino Simpson, Gumpertz & Heger Grande Masonry P.J. Spillane Company, Inc. Egan Church Restoration Torrey Architecture, Inc. Fritz Casselman The First Church of Christ, The HYM Investment Group Renaissance Properties Marketplace TRC Chester & Ellen Clark Scientist (Host) Keith Construction Roger Ferris + Partners Fannin-Lehner Preservation Universal Window & Door Dain | Torpy NER Construction Rosales + Partners Consultants Utile, Inc. Matthew Dickey 2019 Libations for Management S & F Concrete First Resource Development The Waterproofing Company Megan Dickey Preservation Redgate Sasaki Company Wes & Maddi Finch Sheila Donahue Lead Sponsors Saunders Properties Silman Freudenheim Partners William Rawn Associates Frances Duffly ICON Architecture Shawmut Design and Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Gensler Architects Mary E. Darmstaetter Shawmut Design and Construction Spencer, Sullivan & Vogt Gilbert & Becker Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation Construction Sullivan & Worcester Stantec Gladding McBean Donation Paul Edmondson Contributing Sponsors Suffolk Cares UrbanMeritage Goody Clancy Cambridge Trust Elkus Manfredi Architects Epsilon Associates Vanderweil Hacin + Associates Dedham Historical Society & Abigail Elmore Finegold Alexander Architects Steward $2,500 VHB Hines Museum Josh Feinstein Renaissance Properties Architectural Heritage W. Lewis Barlow, IV, FAIA Howard Stein Hudson Lori Ferriss Foundation Walker & Dunlop IBI Placemaking GRANTS Fidelity Charitable The Architectural Team Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. JB Ventures Finegold Alexander Architects 2019 PRESERVATION Beacon Communities John A. Penney & Co Advocate Ronald Fleming ACHIEVEMENT Boston Capital Sustainer $1,000 Kirk & Company Certification Peter Freeman AWARDS SPONSORS Boston University A.W. Perry Klein Hornig Training (Act) Goldman Sachs & Co BrandSafway Acentech LDa Architecture & Interiors Program Greg Galer Alliance Leader Bruner/Cott Affordable Housing Advisors Leers Weinzapfel Associates Alden Gifford $20,000 Castle Square Tenants Albert Risk Management M&A Architectural MassHousing Andrea Gilmore The Druker Company Organization Andrew Sidford Architects Preservation Inc. BSA Foundation Jack Glassman WinnCompanies Colantonio Ann Beha Architects Marvin Nancy Grissom Context Architecture Arrowstreet McGinley Kalsow & Awards Deborah Hackett Underwriter $10,000 Daedalus Bay State Strategies Associates, Inc. GRoW @ Annenberg Laura Hagen Bank of America Merrill Lynch DiMella Shaffer The Bishop Company McNamara • Salvia Sylvia Hammer The Enterprise Bank Boston Properties Metro Housing Boston Donors Andrew Halvorson Citi Community Capital Epsilon Associates Building Envelope Technologies Mintz Levin Anonymous (2) Bill Madsen Hardy Elkus Manfredi Architects Feldman Land Surveyors Burns & Levinson LLP Morris Adjmi Architects Acadian Asset Management Ann Hershfang

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Kirsten Hoffman Atheline Nixon William & Barbara 2019 INDIVIDUAL Ashley Casavant*** Franklin Ferguson Marilyn Jackson Liz Page Sommerfeld MEMBERSHIP Anthony Casendino Lori Ferriss*** Terence Janericco Pfizer Foundation David Storeygard Elizabeth Acly Kaytee Casey Susan Flaherty Mark Kiefer Sandra Piontek Myles & Lise Striar Leslie Adam Fritz Casselman Ronald Fleming Matthew Kiefer Sue Prindle Charles M. Sullivan Vicki Adjami* Thomas Catalano Cherie Flores Ed Koenig Melanie Prior United Way of Jacob Albert Gabrielle Chapman*** Kay Flynn** Mary Leen Renaissance Bay & Merrimack Valley J. Alexander & T. Stocker Stu Charlesworth Kate Ford Ryck Lent Properties Utile, Inc. Emily Alexander Philip Chen* Pamela Fox Dale Linder Steve Rosenthal Steve Weeks Louise Todd Ambler Tom Clark Gus Fraser D. Lloyd MacDonald Schwab Charitable Adam Wylie Peter Ambler Pamela Clemens Peter Freeman Janis Mamayek Alan Schwartz Mark & Jackie Yessian Melina Ambrosino Rebecca Clower Harry Friedman Mary Louise McClintock David Seltzer Frederick Ames Henry Cobb Greg Gagnon Judy McDonough Shawmut Design and John Amodeo Dayl Cohen Sean Geary* Lindsay M. Miller Construction Melissa Andrade Joseph Collins Alden Gifford & Peter W. Ambler Hannah Spicher Joan Angelosanto Jill Conley Andrea Gilmore Paula Antonevich Elise Couture-Stone*** Eleni Glekas PRESERVATION MONTH APPEAL Scott Aquilina Linda Cox Jack Glassman Diane Arenella Francis P. Creedon Peter Goedecke* Preservation Month was established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation Alexa Asakiewicz Jeff Cronin Miguel Gómez-Ibáñez* and began as National Preservation Week in 1973. In 2005, the Trust extended James Aurelio Chris Crowley Jeffrey Gonyeau the celebration to the entire month of May and declared it Preservation Month. In Judith Avery Nicholas Curtis Alexander Goriansky 2019, the Alliance produced a month-long publicity campaign to celebrate Boston’s Deborah Bannick Fay Dabney James Gould historic resources and launched its inaugural Preservation Month fundraising appeal Joel Bargmann Mary E. Darmstaetter Nancy Grissom Michela Davola*** Gretchen Grozier raising $5,800. Thank you to all who participated! William Barlow IV* William Barry** Michael DeBlasio David Hacin Anonymous (7) Bradley Galer Shelby Morrison Elizabeth Beaudoin Sarah Decker Benjamin Haley David Ames Lele Galer David Nagahiro Rebecca Bell Emilia Deimezis Mary Halpin William Ames Marilyn & Larry Galer Jill Neubauer Nicole Benjamin-Ma* Leslie Dennis Gary Hammer Maren Anderson Janet Haines Scott Oran Raffi Berberian Mark Diethelm Sylvia Hammer Lorraine Antonevich Christopher Halliday Zachary Peterson Robert Berens Joseph Dineen Nancy C. Hammond Russ & Paula Antonevich Barry Hecht Cheryl Portman Richard Bertman** Erin Doherty*** Alison Hardy Thaddeus Beal Kevin Kelliher James Righter Petrina Biondo Mary Donahue Caitlin Hart*** Debbie Block & Bill Harley Yvette Kelliher Judith Robinson Morris Birnbaum Sheila Donahue Thomas Hart Chip & Ceeya Bolman Dana Kelly Jill Rosenwald Carly Bishop Frances (Frani) Duffly** Cammie Henderson Ashley Brown Lorie Komlyn Eric Schultz David Bittermann Laura Dziorny* Sean Hennessey Randall Carpenter Renee Kuhlman Harriet Silverman Jackie Blombach Paul Edmondson Ann Hershfang Scott Carter Linda Laitine Michael Spicher Michael Bojanowski William Elsbree Pandora Hess Ashley Casavant Susanne Lavoie Peter Vanderwarker B.K. Boley Stephen & Beverly Alison Hlivak Andrea Dabrila Ryck Lent Tony Vanderwarker Jeanne Boyle Estes-Smargiassi Kirsten Hoffman Matthew Dickey John Levy Michael Weinblatt Nick Brooks* Teresa Evans Kelsey Holmes Nancy Dickey Jane Lippincott David Wilson Christopher Brown Olivia Falcey*** Margaret Ings Bruce Edmands Brad Lisle Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis Valerie Burns* Minxie Fannin* Michael A. Interbartolo Abigail Elmore Patrick Malone Peter Zanghi Adrienne Cali Kerrien Farr Matthew Ireland Kelly & Gretchen Exley-Smith Jack Memishian Ross Cameron* Marilyn Fenollosa Elliot Isen Nathan Frazee Tom & Mary Carol Moore Polly Carpenter Gail Fenske Marilyn Jackson

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Terence Janericco Mary Louise McClintock Roberto Rosa Timothy West Jamaica Plain Historical The First Church of Christ, Carl Jay* Judith McDonough Miguel Rosales & John Corey George Wharton Society Scientist Stephen Jerome Thomas McGinley*** Steve Rosenthal Austin Williams Jewish Cemetery Association Foxwoods Christopher Johns Ryan McManus Amanda Sanders*** Brandon Wilson of Massachusetts The Foundation Gary Johnson Ariana McSweeney*** Susann Schluad Katherine Winter Madison Park Development The Isabella Stewart Gardner Kenneth Kaplan Eric Mendoza Alan Schwartz Jack Wofford Corporation Museum Dana Kelly Amber Michele Christopher Scoville* Gary Wolf Metropolitan Waterworks JP Licks Marie Kemmler Bethany Moody*** Jeff Shaw John & Patricia Worden Museum King’s Dining & Entertainment Mark Kiefer Henry Moss Peter & Margaret Sherin Adam Wylie*** Museum of African American Liberty Fleet Tall Ships Matthew Kiefer Sally McGuire Muspratt Joel Shield Keith Yancey History Mohegan Sun Devon King Craig Mutter Regan Shields Ives* Erin Wederbrook Yuskaitis Museum of Fine Arts Privateer Rum Natasha Klemek*** Ivan Myjer Lynn Smiledge Laurie Zapalac Neighborhood Association Wachusett Mountain Lorie Komlyn David Nagahiro* Barry Solar Andrew Zelermyer** of the Back Bay Kathy Kottaridis Judy Neiswander David Spears & Daniel Romanow TRIBUTE GIFTS Adam Kozol Samantha Nelson Hannah Spicher Sally Zimmerman Nichols House Museum In memory of Gill Fishman Rebekah Krieger Beatrice Nessen* William & Barbara Sommerfeld *Board of Director North Bennet Street School Bob & Myrna Merowitz Izzy Labbe Wendy Nicholas Dorsey David Storeygard ** Board of Advisors Anthony & Creelea Pangaro Laura Lacombe*** Atheline Nixon Myles & Lise Striar *** Board of Young Advisors & Historic Site Restore Mass Ave Elliott Laffer Abigail Norman Nancy Stutzman Old South Meeting House John Hurley & Frances Linda Laitine H. Peter Norstrand Catharine Sullivan** ORGANIZATIONAL Memorial Senner-Hurley William Lamb Justine Orlando Charles Sullivan MEMBERSHIP Association In honor of Andrea Gilmore Michelle Lambert Patricia Palmiere Mary (Tobey) Sullivan Art Deco Society of Boston Society of Architectural Dedham Historical Society & Richard Larkin Richard Panciera Patricia Sullivan Beacon Hill Civic Association Historians, NE Museum Michael LeBlanc* Susan Park* Anne Swanson Boston Athenaeum Historical Stephen Brayton Austin Lee Ravi Parmar*** Roger Tackeff* Boston Building Resources Society Stuart Christie Henry Lee Beth Pearcy Timothy Talun Boston By Foot South End Historical Society James & Karen Durham Rebecca Lee Brett Pelletier Erika Tarlin Boston Society of Architects Suffolk University Heidi Fieldston & Howard Todd Lee Jeanne Pelletier Michael Teller The Bostonian Society Boston Ostroff Mary Leen Michael Peregon Bob Thomas** Bricklayers & Allied Trustees of Reservations William E. Flanagan Drew Leff** Loumona Petroff Jon Thompson Craftsmen Union Unbound Visual Arts Jim Kaufman Brian Lever Lara Pfadt Shellburne Thurber Brighton-Allston Victorian Society in America, Alexander Leith Erica Lindamood Joel Pierce Dr. Michael Tomlan Historical Society NE Chapter Judy Neiswander Dale Linder Sandra Piontek Tony Ursillo* Charlestown Preservation The Vilna Shul Laurie Nichols Rabe Sophie Linnell Diana Pisciotta* Kathleen Ustas Society Joan M. Pagliuca Jane Lippincott Christine Poff Peter Vanderwarker* Dorchester Historical Society IN-KIND Ellen Lipsey Omkar Prabhu Greg Vasil Eliot School of Fine DONATIONS Stephen Loher Susan Prindle Charlie Vasiliades & Applied Arts Barbara Moore C. Frederick Lowell Jonathan Ralton Brent Wacho The Esplanade Association Boston Harbor Cruises Benjamin Lueck Juan Ramos Brad Walker The Freedom Trail Foundation Boston Red Sox Kelly Lyons*** Peter & Suzanne Read David Warner Friends of Post Office Square Boston Sign Company Patrick Malone Leslie Reid* Linda Watts Friends of the Public Garden The Bostonian Society Janis Mamayek Jack Robbins Steve Weeks Gibson House Museum Bully Boy Distillers Justin Masterman David Rodrigues*** Nancy Welsh* Historic Boston Inc. Charles Riverboat Company Mary McCarthy Peter Roth** Stephen Wessling Historic New Cheesecake Factory

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2020 BOARD OF DIRECTORS #SAVEMYBOSTON Christopher Scoville Nicole Benjamin-Ma, VHB David Nagahiro, AIA, LEED AP President, Eastern Bank CBT Architects Preservation is more than bricks and mortar—it is the people that Nick Brooks, AIA, NCARB Regan Shields Ives DREAM Collaborative Beatrice Nessen define the history, culture, and character of our built environment. AIA, LEED AP, Vice President Massachusetts Department of Valerie Burns Finegold Alexander Architects Environmental Protection, Boston Natural Areas Network When a neighborhood establishment or community gathering place Friends of the Public Garden Roger Tackeff Ross Cameron, RIBA 2nd Vice President Diana Pisciotta, Denterlein closes, a collective memory is lost. Neighborhoods are anchored Elkus Manfredi Architects Renaissance Properties Leslie Reid, Madison Park Philip Chen, AIA, LEED AP by their local businesses like hardware stores, bakeries, jewelers, Sean Geary, Treasurer Development Cooperation Ann Beha Architects Acadian Asset Management Tony Ursillo, CFA and taverns. This is why, in 2019, we launched the ongoing Laura Dziorny, Rennie Center Nancy Welsh, Clerk Senior Analyst and Director DLA Piper Minxie Fannin, Fannin/Lehner of Research #SaveMyBoston campaign—to learn what places and stories YOU Preservation, Society of Vicki Adjami Peter Vanderwarker Architectural Historians believe define the character of your neighborhood, and connects Communications via Design Architectural Photographer, Carl Jay, Shawmut Design Represented at Gallery NAGA, W. Lewis Barlow, IV, FAIA your community to Boston’s rich history. Together, we can identify and Construction National Park Service Boston, Vanderwarker Photography Michael LeBlanc, AIA, Utile, Inc. the places that make Boston unique. Tell us—what do you believe makes Boston, Boston? Here is the list of places submitted by you:

2020 BOARD OF ADVISORS Amhreins Fenway Park Polish American Citizens Club William Barry Elaine (Lanie) Finbury Peter Roth, MIT Center for Real Beacon Hill Pub Fornax Bread Company Polcari’s Coffee Heritage Planning & Design Overlook Associates Estate, New Atlantic Development Bella Luna Galleria Umberto The Red Hat Richard Bertman Kay Flynn, Preservation Plus Catharine Sullivan, SixOverSix Boomerangs Galway House Regina’s Pizza FAIA, LEED, AP, CBT Drew Leff Stantec Bob Thomas, Saltaire Properties Boston Eagle Haley House Ruggiero’s Market Daniel Bluestone Dara Obbard Andrew Zelermyer Boston University Bova’s Bakery Haymarket Santarpio’s Hackett Feinberg Goulston & Storrs Frani Duffly Brattle Book Shop Jeannie Johnson Simco’s Susan Park, President Gibson House Museum Brendan Behan Pub Jim’s Deli The Seven’s Ale House Emeritus, Boston Resident Bromfield Camera J.J Foley’s Shreve Crump and Low Jewelry Bromfield Pen Shop Johnson’s Paints Skippy White’s Records 2020 YOUNG ADVISORS Capitol Coffee House JP Licks Slades Bar and Grill Kelly Lyons Laura Lacombe, President David Rodrigues, Chair Central Park Lanes Bowling Kelleher’s Harvard Peabody Museum of Events, Revolutionary Spaces Shawmut Design & Construction Archeology & Ethnology Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe L.J. Peretti Tobacco The Steaming Tea Kettle Emily Alexander Tom McGinley Ariana McSweeney North Bennet Street School Harvard Medical School Charles Street Supply Marliave Sullivan’s Castle Island Vice President, McRostie Ashley Casavant Ravi Parmar, JP Morgan Chase China Pearl McKenna’s The Tam Historic Advisors Fox Hill Heritage Properties Nate Ross, Bynder Club Cafe Midway Café Twin Donuts Bethany Moody, Clerk Erin Doherty Daryl’s Corner Bar and Kitchen Mike’s Pastry Union Oyster House ICON Architecture Amanda Sanders Epsilon Associates Goody Clancy DeLuca’s Market Mortar Mart Garage Victoria’s Diner Gabrielle Chapman, Chair Olivia Falcey, Sasaki Marketing and Social Kathleen Ustas Doyle’s Cafe Modern Pastry Wally’s Media, Historic Boston, Inc. Caitlin Hart Cameron Real Estate Group Delux Cafe Mul’s Diner Warren Tavern Boston Society of Architects Michela Davola, Chair Adam Wylie DJ’s Market Nugget’s Records Woody’s Libations for Preservation Natasha Klemek Mayhew Project Management E. B. Horn Jewelers Parker House Hotel 21st Amendment Boston Society of Architects Historic & Consulting Eire Pub Pino’s Pizza Eldo Cake House Pleasant Café

STAFF Greg Galer Matthew Dickey Paula Antonevich Want to add a place important to you? Executive Director Communications and Membership and Operations Manager Development Associate Contact [email protected] Alison Frazee Assistant Director Elise Couture-Stone Donor Engagement Manager 23 (Joined team in 2020)