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Beacon Hill Architectural Commission Hearing

The Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Thursday, August 17, 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

    District regulations, specifically in regards to windows, masonry repairs, awnings, and tree guards.

  2. Violations

    18.032 BH - 9 Willow Street
    Applicant: John Corey
    Proposed Work: Ratify the replacement of the “Willow Court” signage on the side façade without prior BHAC approval (VIO.BH.133).

  3. Design Review

    17.1345 BH - 38 Lime Street (Continued from 6/2017)
    Applicant: Tyla Vercollone
    Proposed Work: Install bluestone pavers, an outdoor kitchen, and a gas-fired table on the side terrace; and install planters on the sidewalk.

    17.1511 BH - 14 David G. Mugar Way (Continued from 7/2017)
    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.

    17.1036 BH - 7 Acorn Street (Continued from 7/2017)
    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.

    18.012 BH - 69 Beacon Street
    Applicant: Elizabeth Vizza, Friends of the Public Garden
    Proposed Work: Install a bathroom vent at the first floor on the rear façade.

    18.131 BH - 21 South Russell Street
    Applicant: Monika Pauli, Pauli & Uribe Architects LLC
    Proposed Work: Replace all of the windows on the front façade; remove the window grille at the first floor; install louvered wood shutters with a black painted finish; replace front entry door and garden level door in-kind; repoint; replace the slate shingles and copper gutter in-kind; and additional work at the non-visible rear façade.

  4. Administrative Review

    PROJECTS COMPLIANT WITH DISTRICT STANDARDS & CRITERIA
    18.031 BH - 71 Brimmer Street: Replace the concrete apron at the driveway in-kind.
    18.133 BH - 20 Charles River Square: Reglaze and repaint the windows black on the front and rear façades; and replace all of the black storm windows in-kind.
    18.152 BH - 103 Charles Street: Replace roofing membrane system and copper flashing in-kind.
    18.132 BH - 127 Charles Street: Install a new wood sign panel "PARIDAEZ" with a white background and black lettering and trim affixed to the existing metal bracket.
    18.018 BH - 19 Chestnut Street: Repair and repaint the front door black.
    18.065 BH - 20 Chestnut Street: Replace the copper gutters and leaders on the front façade in-kind.
    18.130 BH - 56 Chestnut Street: Replace front entryway door hardware, mailbox slot, knocker, and numbers with brass hardware; replace the pendant light fixture with an antiqued gilt finish; replace the basement door hardware with brass hardware; and replace the full height windows screens with half height screens with a white finish.
    18.106 BH - 46 Joy Street: Replace the copper gutter on the Smith Court façade in-kind.
    18.077 BH - 13 Louisburg Square: Salvage and reset the existing brick pavers in-kind in order to replace utilities below the sidewalk.
    18.134 BH - 112 Mount Vernon Street: Repoint chimney; replace copper siding on the oriel in-kind; and replace roofing membrane system on the flat roof at the rear.
    18.125 BH - 126 Myrtle Street: Paint wood front entry stairs black, front door dark teal, and the trim off-white.
    17.1496 BH - 128 Myrtle Street: Paint front door dark red and surrounding trim off-white; replace the brass kickplate and street numbers in-kind; and refinish the existing mail slot.
    18.046 BH - 12 Pinckney Street: Repoint; replace one louvered wood shutter with a black painted finish at the second floor in-kind; and replace the roofing membrane system, copper flashing, and gutters in-kind.
    17.1490 BH - 87 Pinckney Street: Replace deteriorated slate shingles, copper flashing, copper gutters, copper cladding on front of dormers, copper flat seam roof up to dormers in-kind; remove rubber roof on bay and install flat seam copper roof; install ice & water shield; reattach roof deck; repoint side facade; and repaint front door, windows, and railings black and the entryway trim off-white.
    18.103 BH - 100 Pinckney Street: Repoint side façade; and replace the leader on the rear façade with a copper leader.
    18.064 BH - 101 Pinckney Street: Replace the glazing with antique laminated safety glazing within the front entryway and repaint the entryway infill black.
    18.105 BH - 115 Pinckney Street: Repoint select areas of rear facade; clean facade; and replace copper leader in-kind.
    18.135 BH - 33 Revere Street: Replace the copper gutter at the front façade in-kind.
    17.1407 BH - 33 South Russell Street: Reset and replace broken slate shingles in-kind; and replace wood fascia, copper flashing, gutters, ridge cap, and skylights in-kind on the front facade; and replace the non-visible roofing membrane system on the flat roof and the non-visible rear fascia with Azek.
    18.033 BH - 2 West Cedar Street: Replace deteriorated brownstone at the entryway surround with tinted precast concrete units; and repair and repaint wood trim off-white to match existing.
    17.1460 BH - 16 West Cedar Street: Repoint side façade.
    18.124 BH - 28 West Cedar Street: Extend Certificate of Appropriateness 16.233BH administrative review approval for replacing six units of wood window sash in-kind until September 17, 2018.
    18.102 BH - 70 West Cedar Street: Replace five one-over-one storm windows with a black finish at the first and third floors.

  5. Review and Ratification of July 20, 2017 Minutes
  6. Staff Updates
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