Banker & Tradesman's 150th Anniversary
Banker & Tradesman and its parent company, The Warren Group, celebrate 150 years of providing the real estate and financial services industries with innovative data products and breaking and in-depth news. All year, we’re producing features highlighting significant moments in the history of the industries we cover.
This Month in History: A Tower Over South Station?
A rising part of today’s Boston skyline has a surprisingly long backstory stretching out to 1989.
This Month in History: Rent Control Abolished
A statewide ballot initiative spearheaded by Cambridge landlords did what years of local efforts couldn’t on Election Day in 1994: End decades of rent control in Boston, Cambridge and Brookline.
This Month in History: A Haunted Month for Traders
It has no basis in fact, but a popular theory holds that October is a dangerous month for stock markets thanks to three major market crashes of the 20th century that began in Octobers.
Avidia’s Leader Approaches Retirement
Mark O’Connell’s banking career has spanned over three decades and seen him lead a former community bank into becoming a leader in the digital realm.
This Month in History: A Symbolic Change in Kenmore Square
The turn of the millennium saw a storied but gritty Boston music venue demolished, heralding a transformation in how Massachusetts’ colleges and universities shaped their neighborhoods.
This Month in History: The End of the ‘Plywood Palace’
Boston’s most iconic skyscraper had an inauspicious beginning when design flaws in its mirrored glass facade caused 500-pound panels to crack and crash to the sidewalk below from 1971 to 1973.
This Month in History: Women Finally Get Credit
If you were a married woman before the mid-1970s, it was tough to impossible get a fair loan or even a credit card without your husband co-signing. And if you were single – forget it.
This Month in History: Massive Fire Sparks New Development
A massive fire devastated Chelsea for the second time in its history 49 years ago this month. What followed was an investment boom still paying dividends today.
This Month in History: The First Credit Card
The BankAmericard launched through what became known as the “Fresno Drop,” a mass mailing of plastic credit cards to 60,000 residents of Fresno, California.
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