Boston Landmarks Commission
The commission will hold its next design review hearing on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, at 4 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 882 7369 0798 #. You can also email comments through email at blc@boston.gov.
Discussion Topics
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Design Review - 4:00pm
21.0712.0019 – Commonwealth Avenue Mall CONTINUED FROM 4-27-2021
Applicant: Elizabeth Vizza, Friends of the Public Garden
Proposed work: Landscape and lighting Improvements to the Hamilton, Glover, and Sarmiento statues.
21.0810.0050 – Exchange Building – 53 State Street CONTINUED FROM 4-27-2021
Applicant: Mark Walsh
Proposed work: Install new signage and relocate existing signage.
21.0942.0050 – Exchange Building – 53 State Street
Applicant: Francesca DiRico
Proposed work: Replace and install new signage.
21.0986.0066 – Blackstone Block – 1 Union Street
Proposed work: Replace existing exterior signs with new illuminated exterior signs, non-illuminated green metal cladding and add new vinyl window graphics.
21.0932.004 – Boston Common – 139 Tremont Street
Applicant: Imari Paris Jeffries, King Boston
Proposed work: Create a plaza with a sculpture honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Administrative Review
21.0902.0014 Brook Farm – 670 Baker Street: Manually remove invasive vegetation in the vicinity of the Print Shop and the Hive foundation at the Brook Farm Historic Site.
21.0987 BSR 58 Deerfield Street: Replace eight non-historic two-over-two wood windows in-kind.
21.0943.0245 Harvard Medical School – 210 Longwood Avenue: Restore the Longwood marble wall; cleaning, dismantling, rebuilding, repairing and restoring all components of the marble wall facing Longwood Avenue.
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Business Hearing - 6:00pm
1. Discussion and Vote on Design Review Applications.
The Design Review Committee will present summaries of applications and make recommendations for a vote on each agenda item discussed at the Design Review Hearing, which met earlier.
2. Demolition Delay Hearing: 726 East 8th Street, South Boston
Application #21.0090D2676
Applicant: Damien Carthy
Review of proposed demolition of the existing house at 726 East 8th Street.
3. Preliminary hearing for Petition #275.21 Ayer Mansion, 395 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
4. Advisory Review – Franklin Park, Franklin Park Zoo
Redesign of zoo entrance.
5. Review and ratification of public hearing minutes and subcommittee meeting minutes from 5/11/2021
6. Discussion and Vote on 2021 Work Plan
7. Staff Updates
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Contact:Joseph Cornish
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Neighborhoods:Back BayCitywideDorchesterDowntownSouth Boston
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Posted:05/14/2021 - 1:18PM
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