Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Hearing
The Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, April 20, 2017.
(Use Congress Street as an entrance and exit at City Hall after 5:30p.m.)
Discussion Topics
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Design Review
17.891 BH - 79 West Cedar Street (Continued from 3/2017)
Applicant: Lindsey Couture, Best Chimney Services, Inc.
Proposed Work: Modify chimney flue and add mechanical fans.17.799 BH - 3 Joy Street (Continued from 3/2017)
Applicant: Guy Grassi, Grassi Design Group
Proposed Work: Replace rear yard addition; enlarge rear garden wall; remove a headhouse, minor alterations to dormers, replace shingles, and install vents on roof; restore entryway surround; reconstruct front stoop; modify front areaway and walkways; masonry and window restoration; replace dormer windows; install window screens, entry intercoms, light fixture, and fire protection systems.17.800 BH - 4 Joy Street (Continued from 3/2017)
Applicant: Guy Grassi, Grassi Design Group
Proposed Work: Replace rear yard addition; remove skylight and construct new rear dormer, replace shingles, and install vents on roof; restore entryway surround; modify front areaway and walkways; masonry and window restoration; replace dormer windows; install window screens, entry intercoms, light fixture, and fire protection systems.17.801 BH - 5 Joy Street (Continued from 3/2017)
Applicant: Guy Grassi, Grassi Design Group
Proposed Work: Construct rear yard addition; enlarge third floor windows and relocate fire balcony at rear façade; replace shingles and install vents on roof; replace transom window; remove flagpole; modify front areaway and walkways; remove fire escape; masonry and window restoration; replace dormer windows; install window screens, entry intercoms, light fixture, and fire protection systems.17.1005 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 62-64
Applicant: Megan Goltermann, Payne | Bouchier Fine Builders
Proposed Work: Construct a headhouse and roof deck.17.1020 BH - 13 Louisburg Square
Applicant: James Mellowes, Mellowes & Paladino Architects
Proposed Work: Install fire hose connection, alarm bell, and plaque on the front façade.17.913 BH - 33-35 Bowdoin Street
Applicant: Jan Steenbrugge, 33-35 Bowdoin Street LLC
Proposed Work: Modify 16.931BH by changing the proposed roof dormers to skylights and replace the louvers in the bell tower quatrefoils in-kind on 35; replace wood fence with wrought iron fronting Temple Street Park; reconfigure the proposed stairs to the connector building; replace roof hatch with skylight at 33; remove fire escape on side façade; remove conduit, hatch and vent, and key in brick; modify window configuration to two-over-two, double-hung wood windows on the side façade; replace wood sills with cement fiberboard; install granite sills at basement windows; change window material and detail at basement windows; install lighting, mailboxes, intercoms, fire beacon, alarm bell; repoint; clean façade; replace brownstone stills and lintels with tinted precast units or resurface with a tinted cementitious stucco.17.949 BH - 6-8 Chestnut Street
Applicant: Steve Chase, Beacon Hill Friends House, Inc.
Proposed Work: Install a temporary banner on the front façade.17.1023 BH - 39-41 Mount Vernon Street
Applicant: Beth Newman, Meyer & Meyer Architects
Proposed Work: Ratify the installation of mechanical vents on the secondary north and east façades; and relocate some mechanical vents on the secondary east façade (VIO.BH.82).17.962 BH - 7 Acorn Street
Applicant: Adam Wylie, Mayhew Project Mgmt. and Consulting
Proposed Work: Replace roof deck; remove storm windows; remove and replace the tripartite six-over-six flanked by two-over-two, and all of the six-over-six, double-hung wood windows and wood brick molds on both the front and rear façades all with an off-white painted finish; and restore and repaint the entry door, transom, and shutters in-kind.17.1041 BH - 13 Walnut Street
Applicant: Steven Young, Architect
Proposed Work: Construct a headhouse; and enlarge the roof deck featuring a metal railing.17.1042 BH - 45 Temple Street
Applicant: David Raftery, JDMD Owner, LLC
Proposed Work: Address Provisos from 17.422BH - Reduce height of proposed rooftop addition; clarify window and door details; modify entryway infill at Donahue Addition and passageway façades; clarify façade materials, lighting, and passageway planters. -
Administrative Review
PROJECTS COMPLIANT WITH DISTRICT STANDARDS & CRITERIA
17.1028 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 3: Remove and replace six eight-over-eight, double-hung wood windows with an off-white painted finish at the first floor on the Beacon Street and Joy Street façades.
17.1029 BH - 37 Beacon Street: Remove and replace two eight-over-eight, double-hung wood windows with an off-white painted finish at the first floor on the Beacon Street façade.
17.1030 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 53: Remove and replace four eight-over-eight, double-hung wood windows with an off-white painted finish at the fifth floor on the Beacon Street façade.
17.1031 BH - 37 Beacon Street, Apt. 1: Remove and replace two eight-over-eight, double-hung wood windows with an off-white painted finish at the first floor on the Beacon Street façade.
17.887 BH - 88 Beacon Street, Apt. 2: Remove two storm windows, and replace two two-over-two, double-hung wood windows featuring a curved frame with straight glass all with a black painted finish at the garden level on the Beacon Street façade in-kind.
17.978 BH - 1 Charles River Square: Replace five cast stone window lintels at the first floor on the front façade in-kind.
17.979 BH - 3 Charles River Square: Repoint; resurface the cast stone using a tinted cementitious stucco; repair and repaint the fire balcony on the rear façade black to match existing.
17.556 BH - 115 Charles Street: Remove and replace the wood and glass door with a black painted finish in-kind.
17.1039 BH - 144 Charles Street: Replace three wood display windows with a dark red painted finish in-kind; install vinyl signage “Charles Street Garage” on one display window and a door; and replace the ceiling mounted light fixtures within the vehicular entrance and associated conduit painted to match the white ceiling.
17.977 BH - 82 Chestnut Street, Apt. 20: Remove four storm windows, and replace four six-over-one, double-hung wood windows with a brown painted finish at the second floor on the River Street façade in-kind.
17.615 BH - 56 Chestnut Street: Replace deteriorated face brick with new brick; repoint; replace a brownstone lintel at rear façade with a tinted precast unit; scrape, prime and repaint windows on the front and rear façades to match existing color; and install a metal chimney cap.
17.888 BH - 104 Chestnut Street: Remove eight storm windows, and replace eight six-over-six, double-hung segmental arch-headed wood windows with a white painted finish at the first, second, and third floors on the Chestnut Street façade in-kind.
17.1026 BH - 16 Hancock Street, Apt. 5F: Remove and replace one two-over-two, double-hung wood window with a black painted finish at the fifth floor.
17.1027 BH - 19 Joy Street: Repoint; and resurface brownstone lintels and sills using a tinted cementitious stucco.
17.1021 BH - 84 Mount Vernon Street: Repaint the windows and entry door off-white, and the shutters black to match existing.
17.1032 BH - 30 West Cedar Street: Repoint; resurface brownstone lintels and sills using a tinted cementitious stucco; and repaint window frames black to match existing.VIOLATIONS
17.1004 BH - 79 Chestnut Street: Ratify VIO.BH.88 for the installation of a wood fence on the roof, by removing the visible portion.
17.1034 BH - 33 Grove Street: Ratify VIO.BH.48 for alterations to the existing window wells, by removing the plexiglass, replacing the metal grates so they are flush with the sidewalk, and repairing the brick sidewalk. -
Advisory Review
75 Beacon Street
Applicant: David McWhan, Meyer & Meyer Architects
Proposed Work: Construct a rooftop and rear yard addition, modify the front areaway, and window replacement. - Review and Ratification of February 16, 2017 and March 16, 2017 Minutes
- Staff Updates