Common Boston activities in Dorchester

Some really fun activities going on in Dorchester this weekend! Common Boston, a volunteer program of the Boston Society of Architects, is the city's only free festival of architecture, design and neighborhoods. Designers and the public can interact, create dialogue that inspires a more sustainable, equitable, and creative urban environment.
Saturday June 8th & Sunday June 9th -

Common Boston (CB) Challenge: One-Day Amazing Race Exploring Dorchester Ave & Boston Harbor

Saturday, June 8, 9:30am - Tour Viet AID's Developments in Fields Corner

June 8, 11:45am - Peeling Back the Layers: a tour of Fields Corner

June 8, 1:00pm - Picnic Lunch in the Park

June 8, 2:00pm -Building on the Past: Shaping 21st Century Dorchester

June 8, 4:15pm -The Carruth Building

June 8, 5:30pm -Saturday Afternoon Bike Ride

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Development & Preservation: positive potential for Dorchester's historic commercial centers

The Historic Boston Inc.Neighborhood Centers program did great work in Fields Corner and pointed the way for future exciting projects, such as the O'Hearn Storage Building, pictured. HBI developed Commercial Casebooks for two other Main Street districts in Dorchester - Ashmont/Peabody Square (St Marks) and Upham's Corner - to highlight buildings that are significant locally and whose preservation may restore an important historic resource or expand economic opportunity in the neighborhood. The information in these documents guides the development of HBI’s pipeline of potential Historic Neighborhood Centers projects, and is intended to help neighborhood leaders and property owners identify opportunities for investment by the private and public sectors. Presented in light of major development potential and planning underway in these and other areas of Dorchester in time for May, which is Preservation Month.