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Back Bay Architectural Commission

The Commission will hold its monthly design review hearing virtually on Wednesday, October 14, 2020, at 4:30 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 929-205-6099 and enter meeting ID  818 1778 8367 #. You can also email comments through email at BackBayAC@boston.gov, or Twitter @bostonlandmarks.

Public testimony begins at

Discussion Topics

  1. Violations - 4:30pm

    329 Commonwealth Avenue: Unapproved installation of HVAC units at rear deck and on top of penthouse roof.

  2. Design Review - 5:00pm

    21.0158 BB 341 Commonwealth Avenue: Construct roof deck.

    21.0283 BB 358 Beacon Street: Construct roof deck, relocate access hatch and raise parapet wall.

    21.0282 BB 208 Beacon Street: At rear elevation add oriel below existing oriel.

    21.0284 BB 126 Marlborough Street: Construct roof deck and penthouse.

    21.0285 BB 166 Marlborough Street: Construct roof deck and exterior access stairs from existing lower roof deck.

    21.0160 BB 53 Marlborough Street & 300 Berkeley Street: At courtyard: remove two existing condensers, replace two windows in-kind, masonry infill at one window and one door; reverse swing of existing door, and install new make-up air hvac unit, with duct penetration through new masonry infill; at roof of 300 Berkeley Street: remove three existing rooftop condensers and install thirteen new condensers on spring isolation dampers; and at entrance to 53 Marlborough Street: replace handrail at entrance.

  3. Administrative Review/Approval

    21.0263 BB 137 Beacon Street: At front facade repair masonry.

    21.0264 BB 146 Beacon Street: Replace windows and French doors in-kind: replace slate roof and copper flashing, gutters, and downspouts in-kind; replace deteriorated wood trim in-kind; replace copper cladding at elevator headhouse in-kind; replace black rubber roofing in-kind; replace a/c condensers, skylight, rear garage doors, and roof decks in-kind; and repair masonry.

    21.0265 BB 241 Beacon Street: At front facade replace two third-story one-over-one wood windows in-kind, and one two-over-two wood window in-kind; and at rear elevation replace two third-story one-over-one wood windows in-kind.

    21.0266 BB 259 Beacon Street: At rear elevation replace one non-historic aluminum-clad window in-kind.

    21.0267 BB 265 Beacon Street: At front facade replace and repair fence and handrails.

    21.0268 BB 285 Beacon Street: At front facade replace three fourth-story non-historic one-over-one wood windows in-kind; and at rear elevation replace one one-over-one wood window in-kind.

    21.0269 BB 715 Boylston Street: At front facade repair terra cotta.

    21.0270 BB 46 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade replace deteriorated storm window in-kind.

    21.0271 BB 109 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation replace non-historic fourth and fifth-story balcony doors in-kind.

    21.0183 BB 151 Commonwealth Avenue: At front garden replace dead Magnolia tree.

    21.0272 BB 173 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation replace two one-over-one non-historic wood windows in-kind.

    21.0273 BB 184 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation restore six sixth-floor windows and install storm windows.

    21.0274 BB 255 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade replace three lower level one-over-one wood windows in-kind.

    21.0286 BB 233 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation replace one two-over-two wood window in-kind and install two storm windows.

    21.0275 BB 324 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade repair and re-point masonry.

    21.0276 BB 326 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade repair and re-point masonry, and replace copper gutter in-kind.

    21.0277 BB 325 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade repair and re-point masonry.

    21.0278 BB 362-366 Commonwealth Avenue: At roof replace black rubber roofing in-kind and aluminum siding at headhouse in-kind.

    21.0279 BB 12 Gloucester Street: At front facade replace two, two-over-two fourth-story non-historic two-over-two wood windows in-kind.

    21.0280 BB 190 Newbury Street: Replace dead Honey Locust tree.

    21.0281 BB 248 Newbury Street: At front facade replace existing wall sign.

     

  4. Ratification and Approval of 9/8/2020 Public Hearning Minutes.
  5. Staff Updates
  6. Projected Adjournment - 7:30pm
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