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Back Bay Architectural Commission

The commission will hold its next monthly public hearing virtually on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, at 5 p.m.

Please note: This hearing will be held virtually and not in person. To participate, please go to our Zoom meeting link or call 301-715-8592 and enter meeting ID 942 8285 1959#. You can also email comments through email at backbayac@boston.gov

Public testimony begins at

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review - 5:00pm

    24.1047 BB 665 Boylston Street: At front elevation install commercial flag on existing flag holder and replace café furniture and umbrellas.

    24.1057 BB 46 Newbury Street: Replace signage, restore all damaged façade elements and paint windows, trim, cornice and metalwork; at Berkeley Street entrance add security lighting, restore vestibule chandelier and ceiling, and replace existing doors, sidelights and windows;  at Newbury Street entrance replace existing doors; and at rear elevation brick-in existing opening and enlarge existing window opening to accommodate egress door and transom.

    24.1049 BB 464 Beacon Street: At rear of building remove top section of garden wall that includes decorative crown and balusters, install concrete cap add install gate.

    24.0916 BB 385 Commonwealth Avenue: Installation of roof deck.

    24.1058 BB 323 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation alter window openings, construct one-story garage addition with roof deck, and redesign landscape. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF AND MOVED TO ADVISORY REVIEW

  2. Administrative Review/Approval

    24.1040 BB 5 Arlington Street: Replace eleven, two-over-two wood windows in-kind.

    24.1052 BB 144 Beacon Street: At front façade replace six windows in-kind and at rear elevation replace four windows and two doors in-kind.

    24.0988 BB 173 Beacon Street: At front façade repair entry steps.

    24.1019 BB 173 Beacon Street: At roof replace existing HVAC unit.

    24.1031 BB 208 Beacon Street: At front façade restore masonry and re-landscape front garden.

    24.1061 BB 260 Beacon Street: At front façade repoint masonry and replace deteriorated wood trim in-kind.

    24.1050 BB 275 Beacon Street: At front façade repair dormers and Mansard roof, and replace copper downspout in-kind.

    24.0951 BB 399 Boylston Street: At front façade replace signage and café furniture.

    24.1077 BB 48 Commonwealth Avenue: At roof replace section of black rubber membrane roofing in-kind.

    24.1014 BB 57 Commonwealth Avenue: At front façade repair and repoint masonry, and repair entry steps.

    24.1033 BB 148 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear entry replace existing roof structure.

    24.1089 BB 303 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation repoint masonry.

    24.1054 BB 390 Commonwealth Avenue: At front façade replace three, seventh story one-over-one non-historic metal windows with one-over-one wood windows.

    24.1079 BB 20 Fairfield Street: At side elevation repair existing fire escape.

    24.1053 BB 6 Gloucester Street: At front façade repair entry door, replace door hardware and replace intercom.

    24.0891 BB 11 Gloucester Street: Replace seven windows with historically appropriate wood windows.

    24.1020 BB 177 Marlborough Street: At rear elevation repoint masonry.

    24.1062 BB 226 Marlborough Street: At front façade repoint masonry.

    24.0919 BB 384 Marlborough Street: Replace all windows with historically appropriate wood windows; at rear elevation replace non-historic entry doors in-kind.

    24.1044 BB 31 Massachusetts Avenue: At roof replace rubber membrane roofing in-kind.

    24.1060 BB 103-105 Newbury Street: At rear elevation repair existing fire escape.

    24.1060 BB 118 Newbury Street: At front façade replace signage.

    24.1037 BB 177 Newbury Street: At front façade replace signage.

    24.1007 BB 230 Newbury Street: At front façade replace signage.

    24.0921 BB 246 Newbury Street: At front façade replace signage.

    24.0987 BB 282 Newbury Street: At rear elevation repair masonry and repaint windows and wood trim.

  3. Advisory Review

    372 Marlborough Street: Replace all windows with historically appropriate wood windows, and repair fire escapes; at front façade reset curbing at garden and install new fence, and restore window opening at sixth-story; at rear elevation create garage door opening, add bay windows, install brick paving, raise existing alleyway and reset brick paving, alter window openings and add balcony, restore copper bay, expand existing fire escape, and replace existing skylight at lower roof; and at roof remove existing headhouse, install new headhouse and roof deck, alter party wall and add privacy screen.

     

    323 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation alter window openings, construct one-story garage addition with roof deck, and redesign landscape.

  4. Ratification of 5-8-2024 Public Hearing Minutes
  5. Staff Updates
  6. Projected Adjournment - 7:00pm
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