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Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Hearing

The Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, July 20, 2017.

(Use Congress Street as an entrance and exit at City Hall after 5:30p.m.)

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review

    17.1491 BH - 111 Pinckney Street
    Applicant: Timothy Burke Architecture, Inc.
    Proposed Work: Relocate existing gate to the fire escape to accommodate structural framing for the second floor roof deck.

    17.1386 BH - 62 Pinckney Street
    Applicant: Lynne Gleason, 62 Pinckney Condominium Association
    Proposed Work: Install a wrought iron handrail on one side of the stoop; install a wrought iron guard around a tree pit; and replace the wrought iron window grilles in-kind.

    17.1511 BH - 14 David G. Mugar Way
    Applicant: David Hacin, Hacin + Associates
    Proposed Work: Construct a four-story addition; install signage; modify landscaping; and change the paint color of the existing windows.

    17.790 BH - Various Locations (Beacon Street and David G. Mugar Way)
    Applicant: Ricardo Sousa, Prince Lobel Tye LLP
    Proposed Work: Replace street lights and install telecommunication equipment.

    17.905 BH - 73 Mount Vernon Street (Continued from 6/2017)
    Applicant: Elliott Olson, Sousa Design Architects
    Proposed Work: Replace deck on rear ell extension; construct deck on main roof; relocate gas meters on front façade to the interior; install new landscaping in the front yard; repair and restore fire escapes and iron railings in the front yard in-kind; replace copper gutters and leaders in-kind.

    17.1036 BH - 7 Acorn Street
    Applicant: Adam Wylie, Mayhew Project Management & Consulting
    Proposed Work: Modify a window opening to accommodate a door at the first floor on the rear façade and install a balcony; and remove the fencing in the rear yard.

    17.1369 BH - 95 Beacon Street (Continued from 6/2017)
    Applicant: Deborah Thomas-Strutt, Street and Company
    Proposed Work: Install wrought iron railing in front areaway.

    17.1342 BH - 43 Anderson Street, Apt. 3
    Applicant: Cheryl Carney, JB Sash & Door Co.
    Proposed Work: Remove three storm windows; and replace three six-over-one, double-hung wood windows with a black painted finish at the third floor.

    17.1454 BH - 73 Chestnut Street
    Applicant: Jennifer Mello, Pomeroy & Co., Inc.
    Proposed Work: Install a tree guard in the existing tree pit.

    17.1361 BH - 6 Mount Vernon Place
    Applicant: Chris Pitman, CBT Architects
    Proposed Work: Amend Certificate of Appropriateness 15.703BH and 15.704BH by modifying window and door openings on the Joy Place façade; installing light fixtures; removing blind windows and installing window sashes on the east façade; installing shutters on the secondary south and east façades; and modifying the roof deck railings and fire escapes at the rear.

    17.1444 BH - 19 Myrtle Street
    Applicant: Craig Cody, T-Mobile Northeast LLC
    Proposed Work: Replace three telecommunication antennas on the roof.

    17.1476 BH - 15 Chestnut Street
    Applicant: Paul Koch, NELSON
    Proposed Work: Install metal railings on the front stoop; paint front door red and shutters black; remove two rooftop mechanical units; and remove non-visible shutters on the rear façade.

    17.1508 BH - 39-41 Mount Vernon Street
    Applicant: Beth Newman, Meyer & Meyer
    Proposed Work: Install a fire department strobe light at the front entryway.

    17.1510 BH - 9 West Cedar Street
    Applicant: Brigid Williams, Hickox Williams Architects
    Proposed Work: Install wrought iron handrails on either side of the front entryway.

    17.1523 BH - 36 River Street
    Applicant: Janet Hunkel
    Proposed Work: Replace the wood railing with a metal railing, and replace the greenhouse all on the fifth floor roof.

  2. Administrative Review

    PROJECTS COMPLIANT WITH DISTRICT STANDARDS & CRITERIA
    17.1006 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 62-64: Replace six six-over-six, double-hung wood windows and wood brick molds all with an off-white painted in-kind at the fifth floor on the Beacon Street façade.
    17.1280 BH - 13 Bowdoin Street, Apt. 2AB: Replace two six-over-nine, double-hung wood windows in-kind and install an historic wood brick mold, all with a black painted finish.
    17.1414 BH - 29 Branch Street: Scrape, prime, and repaint door and trim black.
    17.1315 BH - 12 Byron Street: Replace paired entry doors to match the historic; and repoint.
    17.1503 BH - 67 Hancock Street: Amend Certificate of Appropriateness 17.331BH by installing a concrete retaining wall below grade behind the granite stones in the front areaway.
    17.1505 BH - 14 Louisburg Square: Refinish the entry door with a stained finish in-kind.
    17.1502 BH - 87 Mount Vernon Street: Replace slate shingles and copper flashing and crickets in-kind; install snow guards; repair and repaint the wood cornice black; and repoint the secondary east façade.
    17.1304 BH - 15 Phillips Street: Repoint the side façade.
    17.1432 BH - 42 Pinckney Street: Repoint; replace deteriorated brownstone lintels and sills with tinted precast units; repair and repaint the wood trim and storm windows on the dormers in-kind; repair and repaint fire escapes in-kind; replace copper gutters in-kind; and install a steel shelf angle lintel at the garden level window openings on the rear façade and repaint windows in-kind.
    17.1500 BH - 46 Pinckney Street: Repoint and resurface deteriorated brownstone lintels using a tinted cementitious stucco on the rear façade.
    17.1509 BH - 15 River Street: Repaint all windows and doors off-white and the fire escapes black; and repoint.
    17.1208 BH - 119 Tremont Street, aka 1 Park Street: Repair the wood steeple and repaint off-white to match existing.
    17.1450 BH - 5 West Cedar Street: Replace one brownstone lintel with a tinted cementitious cast-in-place lintel at the fourth floor on the front façade.
    17.1484 BH - 31 West Cedar Street: Repoint; clean masonry façade; and repaint window frames black.

    VIOLATIONS
    17.1379 BH - 121 Charles Street
    : Ratify the removal of the sign (“Ouimillie”) installed without BHAC approval (VIO.BH.89) and install a wood sign panel painted white with gold lettering (“LexRx Lips + Lines + Lash) using the existing bolts on the brick façade above the garden level storefront entry.

  3. Review and Ratification of May 18, 2017 and June 15, 2017 Minutes
  4. Staff Updates
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