An update:
People interested in signing a petition to make the building a landmark are starting to email me at
inquiries@derekrubinoff.com. We need at least ten Boston residents who are registered voters. Keep it coming!
We will need to show the building has historic significance beyond the local level (i.e state, regional or national significance). So, if anyone has thoughts about that, we'd like to collect them.
Related Beal is required to hold an Article 85 community meeting (tentatively scheduled for August 29, location TBD) and appear before the Commission (tentatively scheduled for the Sept. 11 hearing in Room 900 of City Hall at 6 p.m.).
The Boston Landmarks Commission may invoke a 90-day delay for one or all of the six buildings proposed for demolition, but that is the extent of BLC's jurisdiction. Unless a preservation plan is identified and agreed to before the delay expires, Related Beal would be able to demolish the structures.