1137 St Charles Ave.

Description: Change in massing of previously approved rear addition at a Landmark, religious building.

Previous ARC Recommendations & Commission Actions:

08/04/21: Commission voted to grant conceptual approval with the details to be worked out at the Staff level.

07/20/21: The ARC recommended conceptual approval with final details to be worked out at the Staff level. 

05/05/21: Commission voted to defer action on this application until the next Commission hearing to allow the applicant to meet with the Architectural Review Committee again and try to resolve these issues. The applicant should provide three-dimensional renderings of the rear elevation to the ARC to better illustrate the visibility of the various components with and without screening.

04/20/21: The ARC made the following recommendations:

• The windows should be installed further back within the opening, in the same plane as the existing windows.

• The profile of the selected windows should be modified to have a thicker “sash” to better match the existing windows and better replicate the look of a wood window.

• The rear addition looks disorganized with all the different elements present. The ARC recommended raising the height of the brick wall to the height of the platform railing to create a parapet around the perimeter of the addition and conceal some of those elements. The elevator shaft should be centered on the building’s centerline.

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Current Drawings:

Previous Drawings - 07/20/21:

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