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Boston Landmarks Commission

The Commission will hold its next monthly public hearing virtually on Tuesday, July 26, 2022, at 4 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 894 1019 5456#. You can also email comments through email at blc@boston.gov.

Public testimony begins at

Discussion Topics

  1. Design Review Hearing - 4:00pm

    22.0784.0005– Boston Public Garden, Boston MA: At sidewalk along Charles Street replace existing street light pole with DAS Node.

    22.1349.0281– 10 Melville Avenue, Dorchester MA: Renovate former Salvation Army office into a two-family house. Work includes: at rear elevation remove commercial exhaust fan hood, concrete ramp, door and window, and install new sliding doors with transoms, and enclose existing painted wood stair with new weather protective painted wood screening; and at side elevation replace third story window with egress door and install new painted steel fire balcony and spiral stair as required second means of egress from 3rd floor unit.

    23.0004.0229– Charles River Esplanade, Boston MA: Erect a monument to David G. Mugar on the west side of the Music Oval at the Esplanade.

    22.0961.0025 Jacob Wirth’s Restaurant, 31-39 Stuart Street, Boston, MA: Revise approved application to reopen the restaurant as a full-service dining facility to include accessible front entrance.

    23.0007.0223– Christian Science Center Complex, Boston MA: Install an elevator within the Sunday School Building (235 Huntington Avenue). The proposed elevator vestibule and elevator door opening occupies the currently exterior arched passage at the northeast corner of the building.

  2. Administrative Review/Approval

    23.0029.0066 10 Marshall Street – Blackstone Block, Boston, MA: Replace damaged bollard in-kind and repair and repaint existing bollards.

    22.1410.0229 Charles River Esplanade, Boston, MA: Install new equipment at the Miriam & Sidney Stoneman Playground

    22.1268.0019 Commonwealth Avenue Mall, Boston, MA: Install bronze plaque at Boston Women’s Memorial.

    23.0005.0262 Saint James African Orthodox Church, Roxbury, MA: Remove existing temporary rubber roof, install charcoal gray architectural and lead flashing.  Loose bricks of a collapsing chimney will be removed for safety; chimney will be rebuilt at a later date.

    23.0010.0037 Upham’s Corner Comfort Station, Dorchester, MA: At front façade paint signage onto building.

  3. Business Hearing - 6:00pm

    1. Discussion and Vote on Design Review Applications.

    The Design Review Committee will present summaries of applications and make recommendations for a vote on each agenda item discussed at the Design Review Hearing, which met earlier.

    2. Demolition Delay Hearing: 1 and 4 Terrace Place, Mission Hill, MA

    Application # 22.0580D2889

    Applicant: Bellerose Terrace LLC

    Review of proposed demolition of the two multi-family residences at 1 and 4 Terrace Place, Mission Hill, MA

    3. Preliminary Hearing – Petition #287.22 Monument Square Landmark District, Charlestown, MA – Discussion and Vote

    4. Advisory Review – 63 Beech Glen Street, Highland Park Architectural Conservation District

    Renovation and addition of an existing detached single family house to be converted to a two family house.

    5. Review and ratification of public hearing minutes from 7/12/2022.

    6. Staff Updates

  4. Projected Adjournment - 8:00pm
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