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.
Discussion Topics
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Violations - 4:30pm
329 Commonwealth Avenue: Unapproved installation of HVAC units at rear deck and on top of penthouse roof.
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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.
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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.
- Ratification and Approval of 9/8/2020 Public Hearning Minutes.
- Staff Updates
- Projected Adjournment - 7:30pm