![]() “Where some see only a sad lost cause in a once-historic gem, organizations like HBI see opportunity,” said Greg Galer, Executive Director of the Boston Preservation Alliance. After extensive efforts by HBI, this neighborhood gem is now beautifully restored, occupied and successfully reactivates the Highland Park area of Roxbury. Three of the four sidewall chimneys remained but were in poor condition, so required rebuilding and the fourth, which had been lost, was reconstructed. The roof and its octagonal cupola are now fully restored. On the exterior, the front façade of largely original flush-board siding and two unadorned pilasters at the corners of the building were restored. Though the interior of the building had been altered, HBI was able to restore many features, including the original marble and slate floor in the central hall and the ornate, marbleized, painted glass ceiling from the late 1800s. With over $1 million in grants and a total budget of $4.2 million, HBI focused on restoring the historic character of the building and returning it to the community as housing, including two units set aside for low-income tenants. In 2011, Historic Boston, Inc., a long-active and dedicated nonprofit preservation group, acquired the building and immediately took action to stabilize the site before restoration could begin. Many of the architectural features, such as the front columns, deteriorated beyond repair, the interior was severely vandalized, and a neglected Kittredge House devolved into blight, frustrating its neighborhood. In 1975, the Roxbury Action Program purchased the house and used it as their headquarters, but by 1991 the organization was no longer able to maintain the large building and the site sat abandoned for twenty years. ![]() Bradlee, a noted Boston architect, purchased the house in 1871 and lived there until his death in 1888. Kittredge, a businessman and developer in the mid-19th century, built the mansion to house his expanding family. The house is distinctive for its architectural characteristics and for its associations with the lives of two prominent Bostonians, Alvah Kittredge and Nathaniel Bradlee. If you enjoyed this, please read our story on the new West End upgrades.The Alvah Kittredge House, a magnificent Greek Revival home built in 1836, is now restored and treasured, once again, by residents of Roxbury. Whether it is a small scale civilian deposit, or a large bulk business exchange, these centres allow customers to claim their refund in cash, vouchers, or ePayment. Queensland has been gifted with ten of these state of the art centres, designed to handle exchanges of all sizes. These materials are then recycled and turned into new bottles and cans, waiting to be recycled once again. With more than 82,000 installations across more than 60 markets, this Norwegian multi-national corporation captures 35 billion used containers each year through their reverse vending machines. TOMRA’s total of 100 million is the equivalent of planting more than 1.2 million trees, or taking 214,000 cars off the road, or saving 816,963 tonnes of CO2 from entering the atmosphere. Since the introduction of the Containers for Change scheme in November 2018, Queenslanders have saved more than 440 million containers from littering their environment or ending up in landfill. To thank Leonie for her outstanding contributions to the Containers for Change scheme, TOMRA presented her with a $1000 cheque to put towards the flowers for her wedding later this year.” “Leonie’s story is a perfect example of how small actions every week can make a big difference – both to your wallet and to preserving Queensland’s world-renowned environment. President of TOMRA Collection Solution Ryan Buzzell, applauded Leonie and Queensland’s efforts, just six months into the scheme. ![]() The news comes as TOMRA also announces Queenslanders have returned a milestone 100 million containers through its 10 Recycling Centres in the same period. Leonie Starr’s dedicated recycling habits over a six month period netted her $5000, recycling more than 50,000 containers at the TOMRA Recycling Centre in Kunda Park. A 28-year-old Sunshine Coast woman has done the seemingly impossible and funded the cost of her dream wedding dress, all through the Containers for Change scheme. ![]()
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