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Back Bay Architectural Commission

The Commission will hold its next monthly public hearing on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at 5 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 301-715-8592 and enter meeting ID 895 5820 6334 #. You can also email comments through email at blc@boston.gov.

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review

    21.0907 BB     545 Boylston Street: At rear elevation install exterior exhaust duct. WITHDRAWN BY APPLICANT

    21.1031 BB      755 Boylston Street: At front facade replace storefront doors, install signage and create outdoor dining area; at rear elevation repair framing and masonry, replace ductwork and replace existing staircase; and at roof install guardrail and replace mechanical equipment.

    21.0928 BB     246 Newbury Street: Refinish entry door and replace hardware, replace windows, install new storefront windows and doors, install new sunken patio with planter, modify fire balconies, repair roof, masonry and stoop, install new rubber membrane roof, and construct roof deck and access hatch.

    21.0929 BB     169 Newbury Street: Refinish entry door and replace hardware, replace windows, install new storefront windows and doors, install new sunken patio with planter, repair fire balconies, repair roof, masonry and stoop, install new rubber membrane roof, and construct roof deck and headhouse. 

    21.1024 BB      256-260 Newbury Street: Revisions to previously approved work including: restoring masonry bay at front facade of 258 Newbury Street; install wood andglass doors with transoms at lower level; replace windows with one-over-one wood windows; install wood and glass door at front facade of penthouse; install metal gate under stoop of 260 Newbury Street; repair masonry at rear elevation; and revise parking at alley.

    21.1020 BB      287 Dartmouth Street: Replace existing street light pole with DAS Node.

    21.1010 BB      381 Beacon Street: At rear yard replace existing female Ginkgo tree with a male Ginkgo tree.

    21.1023 BB      334 Marlborough Street: Re-landscape front and side gardens, install new brick sidewalk and curbing, and install new fence.

    21.0808 BB     116 Beacon Street: Install canopy at entrance.

    21.1033 BB      341 Commonwealth Avenue: Construct roof deck. WITHDRAWN BY STAFF

    21.1037 BB      118 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation install guardrail and HVAC equipment at fifth-floor common roof area.

    21.0536 BB     286 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation construct one-story addition and alter window openings.

    20.761 BB       149-155 Newbury Street: Construction of a new, mixed-use (retail/office) building on the site of the existing surface parking lot.

    21.1035 BB      761-793 Boylston Street: Construction five-story roof top addition.

  2. Administrative Review/Approval

    21.1028 BB 6-7 Arlington Street: Replace existing roof deck and furnishings in-kind; and replace aluminum parapet wall with brick veneer.

    21.1009 BB 280 Beacon Street: Replace ten eight-over-eight non-historic wood windows in-kind.

    21.1008 BB 295 Beacon Street: Replace twelve one-over-one wood windows in-kind.

    21.1011 BB 404 Beacon Street: Re-point masonry.

    21.1012 BB 449 Beacon Street: At front facade replace five fourth-story one-over-one non-historic wood windows in-kind.

    21.1013 BB 479-481-483 Beacon Street: At front gardens replace shrubs.

    21.1014 BB 231 Berkeley Street: Replace DAS node equipment at existing light pole.

    21.1036 BB 607 Boylston Street: Install window signage.

    21.1015 BB 232 Clarendon Street: Replace all existing wood windows in-kind, replace non-historic rear entry door, and install HVAC units at roof.

    21.1016 BB 5 Commonwealth Avenue: At rear elevation repair masonry.

    21.1017 BB 58 Commonwealth Avenue: Re-point masonry.

    21.1018 BB 113 Commonwealth Avenue: At front garden replace dead crabapple tree.

    21.1019 BB 120 Commonwealth Avenue: At front facade restore entry doors.

    21.1021 BB 133 Marlborough Street: Work: At rear elevation remove built-in wall air-conditioning unit, repair masonry, and install new air-conditioning unit on existing deck.

    21.1022 BB 176 Marlborough Street: At penthouse replace single-lite wood window in-kind.

    21.1030 BB 238 Marlborough Street: Re-paint front entry doors black.

    21.1029 BB 242 Marlborough Street: Replace three second-story one-over-one wood windows in-kind.

    21.1025 BB  344 Marlborough Street: At front facade re-paint masonry including lintels, sills, stairs and curb; re-paint railings; re-set bricks at sidewalk; and at rear elevation re-point masonry and re-paint window trim.

    21.1032 BB 403 Marlborough Street: At rear elevation replace ten one-over-one windows and two doors in-kind.

    21.1026 BB 423 Marlborough Street: Replace black rubber membrane roof in-kind.

    21.1027 BB 247 Newbury Street: Replace black rubber membrane roof in-kind.

  3. DISCUSSION AND VOTE ON PROPOSED PERMANENT SIGNAGE AT PROPERTIES RECEIVING COMMUNITY PRESERVATION ACT FUNDING
  4. RATIFICATION OF 5/12/2021 PUBLIC HEARING MINUTES
  5. Staff Updates
  6. Projected Adjournment - 8:30pm
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