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South End Landmark District Commission

The South End Landmark District Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Tuesday, June 4, at 5:30 p.m.

To enter and exit City Hall after 5:30 p.m., please use the Congress Street entrance.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. VIOLATIONS

    VIO.19.072     172 West Brookline Street Violation: Ratification of unapproved front PVC air intake vent.

    VIO.19.041     275 Shawmut Avenue Violation: Ratification of unapproved commercial exhaust at rear of structure that rises above the gutter line.

    VIO.19.065     6 Columbus Square Violation: Ratification of unapproved front PVC air intake vent.

  2. DESIGN REVIEW HEARING

    APP # 19.1171 SE           8 Union Park Street Proposed Work: Install hanging signage.  

    APP # 19.1197 SE          16 Appleton Street Proposed Work: Remove existing garden iron fence (non-contributing) and replace with new iron fence (See Additional Items in Administrative Review).

    APP # 19.1204 SE         32 Appleton Street Proposed Work: Install new roof deck and hatch, replace all existing windows. replace existing glass door transom and casing. Install new mechanical equipment on roof. (See Additional Items in Administrative Review).

    APP # 19.1211 SE            571 Tremont Street Proposed Work: At front façade, install new signage on sign band. At Union Park façade, install painted wall signage.

    APP # 19.1222 SE          3 Bond Street Proposed Work: Rebuild front and rear façade, replace front door, and add side lights. Remove and reconstruct rear portion of the roof and dormer due to structural condition, rebuild and construct shed dormer. Replace windows on front façade in kind. (See Additional Items in Administrative Review).

    APP # 19.1226 SE          194 West Springfield Street Proposed Work: Remove and reinstall existing roof deck.

    APP # 19.1227 SE          74 Appleton Street Proposed Work: Remove and replace existing roof deck floor boards.

    APP # 19.1230 SE          566 Columbus Avenue Proposed Work: Demolish existing (non-contributing) building and construct a six floor residential mixed-use residential structure.

    APP # 19.1207 SE          217 Albany Proposed Work: Demolish two story (non-contributing) structure and construct a 170 foot residential tower and adjacent digital billboard.

    APP # 19.1220 SE          45 West Newton Street Proposed Work: At front façade, level two, replace three 1 over 1 aluminum windows with three 2 over 2 aluminum-clad windows. Removed due to outstanding requirements.

    APP # 19.1264 SE         715-725 Tremont Street Proposed Work: At front façade, install signage near main entrance and management offices at 719 Tremont Street.

    APP # 19.1272 SE          599-627 Columbus Avenue Proposed Work: At all facades, replace all aluminum one over one windows with one over one aluminum windows. Encase existing wood brick mold with aluminum cladding.

  3. ADVISORY REVIEW

    85 West Newton Street: Update to the work performed

  4. ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

    APP # 19.1197 SE          16 Appleton Street: At front façade, patch, repair and paint front steps and retaining wall, patch and repair cracks in front garden wall. (See Additional Items in Design Review).

    APP # 19.1204 SE         32 Appleton Street: At front façade repair, restore, repaint stone work to match original stone work, remove and reset slate roof, replace existing broken slates on roof in kind, install copper drip edge (See Additional Items in Design Review).

    APP # 19.1222 SE          3 Bond Street: Replace lintels in kind, install new copper gutters and downspout, replace asphalt singles in kind (See Additional Items in Design Review).

    APP # 19.1176 SE          142 Chandler Street Proposed Work: Build roof deck.

    APP # 19.1170 SE          4-18 Clarendon Street: North elevation: Rebuild wythe in kind, rebuilt chimney at right side, repoint mortar at first floor, replace trim and caulking at all windows in kind, install new flashing at lower wood cornice, repair brownstone in kind, scrape and paint stairs in kind. East elevation: Rebuild parapet from top floor windows up. Replace spalled, broken bricks in kind, repoint mortar in kind, and replace window trim in kind. Replace wood with new flashing, replace roofs on bay windows in kind, Install Helifix anchors to entire elevation, repair brownstone in kind, replace three brownstone sills in kind, replace roofs at entry in kind, replace flashing at lower wood cornice, caulk wood to bricks at all entries. At roof level, repair copper cladding at southern chimney, replace parapet cap, replace flashing at vent stack collar, replace roofing and flashings at all scuppers.

    APP # 19.1170 SE          70-80 Warren Avenue: North elevation: repoint mortar in kind, repoint parapet wall in kind, replace cracked or damaged bricks in kind, replace four granite headers in kind, replace and seal trim around windows in kind, repair granite in kind, remove one abandoned steel lintel, replace cracked glass panel at first floor window in kind, infill hole behind downspout, scrape and paint windows and surround at level one, remove and replace brick around railing brackets and install soft joint, scrape and paint cast iron, rebuild chimney at right side from top of parapet to top of chimney, rebuild section of brick wall that is bulging. At roof level, replace cladding at front parapet wall, install new reglet flashing at chimney, and replace flashing at granite.

    APP # 19.1200 SE         4 Dartmouth Place: At front façade, repoint brick and repair in kind. Paint lintels and sills to match the original color of the stone.

    APP # 19.1203 SE          57 Dwight Street: At front façade, repair masonry in kind, repair roof in kind.

    APP # 19.1201 SE          57 Dwight Street: At front façade, repaint masonry in kind.

    APP # 19.1218 SE          107 East Brookline Street: Remove and replace rubber roof, metal flashing, new copper drip edge, flashing, install copper gutter at rear of the structure.

    APP # 19.1166 SE          659 Massachusetts Avenue: At front façade, repoint brick in kind.

    APP # 19.1208SE          705 Massachusetts Avenue: At Harrison façade level two, replace eight aluminum 1 over 1 windows with 8 1 over 1 windows.

    APP # 19.1217 SE           124 Pembroke Street:  Remove and replace flat roof in kind. Install new copper drip edge and copper flashing on chimney and roof edge.

    APP # 19.1202 SE          524 Tremont Street: Repair and replace existing roof deck rail and platform.

    APP # 19.1209 SE         571-575 Tremont Street: At front façade and façade facing Union Park all levels (except the commercial level), replace all aluminum 2 over 2 windows with aluminum 2 over 2 wood windows. Replace wood cladding on three rectangular bays in kind. Repair metal bay in kind. Paint all bays and cornice to a new grey/tan color.

    APP # 19.1180 SE          771 Tremont Street: At front façade, repair deteriorated lintels, replace missing or damaged brick, spot repoint.

    APP # 19.1169 SE          4 Union Park: Replace existing shingles in kind, replace rubber roof in kind.

    APP # 19.1212 SE           26 Union Park: At front façade, repoint brick, repair lintels and sills in kind, replace asphalt shingles with slate shingles, repair and replace copper gutters and downspout, repair and repaint decorative metal railing at parlor level. Repair detail on stoop hood in kind, repair and re-seal granite steps in kind.

    APP # 19.1215 SE           16 Upton Street: Remove existing roof deck and replace EPDM roof.

    APP # 19.1225 SE          53 Warren Avenue: Repair existing front door.

    APP # 19.1213 SE           1750 Washington Street: At south slope, remove asphalt shingles and replace with synthetic slate, repoint chimney, remove abandoned RTU.

    APP # 19.1224 SE          45 West Newton Street:  Repair brownstone façade in kind, repaint brownstone to HC-69, install (missing) outer front door that replicates original existing historic interior door.

  5. RATIFICATION OF 5/7/2019 PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES & 5/22/2019 ADVISORY REVIEW HEARING
  6. STAFF UPDATES
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