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South End Landmark District Commission

The South End Landmark District Commission will hold its monthly public hearing on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at 5:30 p.m.

This hearing will be held virtually and not in person. To participate, please go to our Zoom meeting link, or call 929-205-6099 and enter meeting id 860 4945 5630 #. You can also submit written comments via email at SouthEndLDC@boston.gov or via Twitter @bostonlandmarks.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review Hearing

    APP# 20.872 SE          566 Columbus Avenue (Tentative; pending subcommittee review)Previously reviewed at the 5/05/2020 and 5/18/2020 SELDC Public Hearings; 6/18/2020, 6/25/2020, and 6/30/2020 Subcommittee Public Meetings. Proposed Work: Construct a new building

    APP # 20.1082 SE          22 Braddock Park. Proposed Work: At the front façade all levels, replace eight (8) curved sash windows in kind and install new window grilles at the basement level; at the garden level entrance replace entry door in kind; construct a roof deck with skylight access; and install new fencing at the front yard; at the rear façade, rebuild rear wall (including cornice line).  See additional items under Administrative Review.

    APP # 20.662 SE          23 Upton Street. Proposed Work: Construct a head house and roof deck. See additional items under Administrative Review.

    APP # 20.1121 SE          45 West Newton Street. Proposed Work: At the rear façade which faces a public street, construct a roof deck on an ell; construct a fire escape for deck access; remove one (1) window and install a door.

    APP # 20.1074 SE          1721A Washington Street. Proposed Work: At the Washington Street ground floor replace entry doors and transom; install a fence and gate.

    APP # 20.1078 SE          776 Tremont Street. Proposed Work: Install new signage at storefront.  Moved to Administrative Review

    APP # 20.1086 SE          785 Tremont Street. Proposed Work: Modifications to gas station signage and finishes associated with updated corporate branding.

    APP # 19.955 SE          211 West Springfield Street. Proposed Work: At the mansard level (front and back of property), replace windows and modify the mansard (amend Certificate of Design Approval). Withdrawn by staff.

    APP # 19.956 SE          213 West Springfield Street. Proposed Work: At the mansard level (front and back of property), replace windows and modify the mansard (amend Certificate of Design Approval). Withdrawn by staff. 

  2. Advisory Review

    Allan Rohan Crite Park. Proposed Work: Modifications to hardscaping at park and sidewalk. Withdrawn by applicant. 

  3. Administrative Review/ Approval

    APP # 20.1082 SE          22 Braddock Park: At the front façade remove window grilles at the parlor and basement levels, install two (2) two-over-two wood windows in existing openings (windows missing); restore double-leaf entry doors; patch and repair stoop treads and sidewall, reset newel post; patch stone lintels and sills in kind; at the front yard, remove chain link fence. See additional items under Design Review.

    APP # 20.959 SE          14 Clarendon Street: At the fourth floor of the Clarendon Street and Warren Avenue facades, replace nine (9) two-over-two aluminum windows with new two-over-two aluminum-clad windows.

    APP # 20.1062 SE          511 Columbus Avenue: Repoint brick joints at the Greenwich Place façade with new mortar to match historic; patch and coat brownstone lintels and sills with new mortar to match the color of the underlying stone.

    APP # 20.1120 SE          42 Dartmouth Street: At the front façade all levels, repoint brick joints with new mortar to match historic; at the front façade mansard level replace asphalt shingles in kind.

    APP # 20.1063 SE          22 Rutland Square: At the roof deck, replace deck boards with composite material (deck footprint and railings to remain).

    APP # 20.1065 SE        15 St. George Street: Repoint front façade with new mortar to match historic; re-caulk windows; and repair cracked brick, stone lintels and sills.

    APP # 20.1126 SE          617 Tremont Street: At the front façade fourth level and dormer, replace four (4) two-over-two aluminum windows with two-over-two, double-hung, wood windows and two (2) one-over-one aluminum windows with one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows.

    APP # 20.1078 SE          776 Tremont Street. Proposed Work: Install new signage at storefront. Moved from Design Review. 

    APP # 20.662 SE          23 Upton Street: At the parlor and second levels of the front façade, restore six (6) original two-over-two, double-hung, wood windows (including four (4) curved sash windows); at the basement level replace two (2) two-over-two, double-hung, curved sashed wood windows in kind; at the third level replace three (3) one-over-one, double-hung wood windows with two-over-two, double-hung wood windows; at the mansard level replace two (2) two-over-two, double-hung, wood windows and two (2) one-over-one, double-hung wood windows in kind. See additional items under Design Review.

    APP # 20.1061 SE          68 Waltham Street: At the front façade mansard level, replace four (4) two-over-two vinyl windows with two (2) two-over-two and two (2) one-over-one double-hung aluminum clad windows.

    APP # 20.1089 SE          127 West Newton Street: At the front façade garden level, replace two (2) one-over-one, vinyl windows with two-over-two, double-hung aluminum-clad windows.

    APP# 20.1059 SE          84 West Concord Street: At the front façade third level replace four (4) one-over-one vinyl windows with one-over-one, double-hung, wood windows.

  4. Ratification of 5/05/2020 Public Hearing Minutes; 6/08/2020, 6/15/2020, and 6/25/2020 Subcommittee Public Meeting Minutes; and 6/22/2020 Business Meeting Minutes

    Ratification of 5/05/2020 Public Hearing Minutes; 6/08/2020, 6/15/2020, and 6/25/2020 Subcommittee Public Meeting Minutes; and 6/22/2020 Business Meeting Minutes

  5. Staff Updates
  6. Projected Adjournment
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