Loebs concluded their 2025 Loeb Fellowship 55th Anniversary celebration with an activity that has become a cherished institution since 2019: the Day of Service. This year’s site was Eastie Farm in East Boston.

When Jim Stockard ’78 retired as curator of the Loeb Fellowship in May 2014, his valediction was a scorecard of how we are doing at keeping the promise of the Housing Act of 1949: a decent home for every American family. His rating: we weren’t.

While the 2024 Loeb Fellowship Fall Study Tour was in full swing in Johnstown, PA, Matt Smith did a little exploring on his own, and found resonances with an earlier “study tour” and some disquieting differences.