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Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Hearing

The Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, June 15, 2017.

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

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Discussion Item

    Public Hearing start time.

  2. Design Review

    4:15pm
    17.1174 BH - 32-34 Hancock Street (Continued from 5/2017)
    Applicant: Theodore Touloukian, Touloukian Touloukian Inc.
    Proposed Work: Install kitchen and bathroom vents at the roof.

    17.1020 BH - 13 Louisburg Square (Continued from 4/2017 and 5/2017)
    Applicant: James Mellowes, Mellowes & Paladino Architects
    Proposed Work: Install fire hose connection, alarm bell, and plaque in a window opening on the front façade.

    17.1005 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 62-64 (Continued from 4/2017 and 5/2017)
    Applicant: Megan Goltermann, Payne | Bouchier Fine Builders
    Proposed Work: Construct a headhouse and roof deck.

    17.1171 BH - 28-32 Derne Street (Continued from 5/2017)
    Applicant: Laurence Libowitz
    Proposed Work: Modify Certificate of Appropriateness 15.862BH by installing stairs to the roof deck; and replacing a window and transom with a door.

    5:15pm
    17.1167 BH - 37-41 Beaver Place (Continued from 5/2017)
    Applicant: Brigid Williams, Hickox Williams Architects
    Proposed Work: Install pergola on existing roof deck.

    17.905 BH - 73 Mount Vernon Street
    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 fire escapes and iron railings in the front yard in-kind; replace copper gutters and leaders in-kind.

    17.1159 BH - 40 Beacon Street
    Applicant: Guy Grassi, Grassi Design Group
    Proposed Work: Construct a rooftop addition on the rear ell extension.

    17.1278 BH - 3 Charles River Square
    Applicant: Adam Wylie, Mayhew PMC
    Proposed Work: Remove a fourth floor fire balcony from the rear façade.

    6:15pm
    17.1314 BH - 30 Hancock Street
    Applicant: Lawrence O’Connor, Sterling Property Mgmt.
    Proposed Work: Install a wood fence along the rear property line.

    17.1336 BH - 43 Chestnut Street
    Applicant: Kenneth Leary, Boston Craftsmen Corp.
    Proposed Work: Install glass panel in garden level door.

    17.1345 BH - 38 Lime Street
    Applicant: Tyla Vercollone
    Proposed Work: Install a gas-fired table on the side terrace.

    17.1162 BH - 89 Beacon Street
    Applicant: Ron Payne, Payne | Collins Design, Inc.
    Proposed Work: Install painted wood trim, lighting, and address plaque on the rear brick wall; install front areaway railing and replace landscaping; install louvered shutters; replace entryway lighting; replace wood windows and slate shingles in-kind; repoint; and resurface brownstone using a tinted cementitious stucco.

    7:15pm
    17.1163 BH - 48 West Cedar Street
    Applicant: Liz Atkins, F.H. Perry Builder
    Proposed Work: Remove one multi-light polygon window with a black painted finish on a dormer.

    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.

    17.1363 BH - 39-41 Revere Street
    Applicant: Timothy Burke, Timothy Burke Architecture Inc.
    Proposed Work: Replace roof deck with a black painted steel railing; and replace the roofing membrane system.

    17.1369 BH - 95 Beacon Street
    Applicant: Deborah Thomas-Strutt, Street and Company
    Proposed Work: Install wrought iron railing in front areaway.

    8:15pm
    17.1375 BH - 39-41 Mount Vernon Street
    Applicant: Beth Newman, Meyer & Meyer Inc.
    Proposed Work: Paint entryway infill black; and install an intercom panel.

    17.1372 BH - 74 Mount Vernon Street, Apt. 4
    Applicant: Sarah Moss
    Proposed Work: Construct roof deck and headhouse.

    17.1373 BH - Willow Court
    Applicant: John Corey
    Proposed Work: Install metal fence and gate at entry to Willow Court.

  3. Administrative Review

    PROJECTS COMPLIANT WITH DISTRICT STANDARDS & CRITERIA
    17.1142 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 21: Replace two eight-over-eight, double-hung wood windows with an off-white painted finish at the second floor on the front façade.
    17.1277 BH - 78 Beacon Street: Paint bay window and entry door black.
    17.302 BH - 15R Charles Street: Install a painted wood bracket sign (“Rainbows Pottery Studio”) with black metal armature; and a painted wood sign panel adjacent to the entryway.
    17.1335 BH - 111-113 Charles Street: Install one painted wood bracket sign (“Whitney +  Winston”) next to the storefront cornice on the Charles Street façade.
    17.1377 BH - 133 Charles Street: Install back-painted lettering (“Ouimillie”) in display window.
    17.1258 BH - 16 Derne Street: Install a service call bell and sign on the entryway infill.
    17.1371 BH - Goodwin Place: Paint wrought iron gate black.
    17.1109 BH - 20 Grove Street: Replace the four-panel wood door with a black painted finish and bronze hardware at the garden level in-kind.
    17.1040 BH - 37 Grove Street: Restore the wood entry door, sidelights and transom; and replace the wood tread in-kind.
    17.1290 BH - 38 Lime Street: Paint the paired entry doors dark blue and repaint the shutters black.
    17.1226 BH - 40-42 Mount Vernon Street: Resurface the rear brownstone façade using a tinted cementitious stucco.
    17.1388 BH - 37 Mount Vernon Street: Repoint; replace missing face brick in-kind; clean masonry façade; and repair and reinstall the copper leader.
    17.1186 BH - 101 Mount Vernon Street, aka 29 Cedar Lane Way: Paint door fronting Cedar Lane Way black and polish the brass fixtures; and replace the ceramic street numbers with brass numbers adjacent to the doorway.
    17.1239 BH - 133 Mount Vernon Street: Repoint and clean the granite steps at the garden level.
    17.1244 BH - 109 Myrtle Street: Repoint; resurface deteriorated brownstone lintels and sills using a tinted cementitious stucco, and if severely deteriorated at select locations replacing with tinted precast units.
    15.1537 BH - 73 Pinckney Street: Extend Certificate of Appropriateness 15.1537BH administrative review approval for replacing two nine-over-nine, one six-over-nine, and two four-over-six double-hung wood windows in-kind until July 16, 2018.
    17.1366 BH - 79 Pinckney Street: Paint all of the window sashes off-white.
    17.1344 BH - 96 Pinckney Street: Repair select portions of the wood fence in-kind; and paint the fence gray.
    17.1190 BH - 14 Walnut Street: Install fifty one-over-one aluminum storm windows with a black finish; repoint; and repaint façade gray to match existing.
    17.1348 BH - 9 West Cedar Street: Replace deteriorated brownstone sills and lintels with tinted precast units; and restore and repaint the wood windows and sills off-white.
    17.1198 BH - 26 West Cedar Street: Replace the roofing membrane system on the main roof, and associated copper gutters, leaders, and flashing.

  4. Advisory Review

    14 Mugar Way
    Applicant: David Hacin, Hacin + Associates
    Proposed Work: Construct a 4-story addition; and modify site landscaping.

  5. Review and Ratification of May 18, 2017 Minutes
  6. Staff Updates
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