South End Infill and Small Developments
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I'm getting a little concerned about the "aligning" of this building with the building to the right of it. The cut outs and framing behind them seem too low, especially the second floor.8 East Springfield Street (4 Units) and 4-6 East Springfield Street (Roof addition & facade renovation)
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That looks like the full sheets of sheathing, which haven’t been trimmed to accommodate the window openings.
The bottom of the second floor windows have been. The one on the left is fully cut and the two on the right you can see the studs and sill.
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Looking back on Google street view and satellite view, it seems this is a new build filling in a vacant lot between 10 E Springfield and 4-6 E Springfield. Between 2007 and 2022 there's no building shown in street view and overhead it looks like there's tables and chairs in that lot. If it's infill rather than a reno, it might need to abide by larger setback regulations and other restrictions that wouldn't have applied to the original historical buildings. Agree it should be a uniform streetwall and would be very odd if the developers decided to just lose some square footage.
The approved plans are linked in another post (see here https://archboston.com/community/th...d-small-developments.1315/page-52#post-487101) . They are building it pretty much exactly like #10, which is also somewhat "new". I was pointing out that the framing does not appear per plans.
I live around the corner and our neighborhood association helped support the developer with the ZBA there. The "zoning" in the South End is designed to make South End rowhomes nonconforming by a small margin in every requirement. The number of variances needed for this one was absurd --- and as pointed out, it's arguably smaller than it's neighbors. Everything from height, setbacks, parking, floor area, etc.
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Yep, I was responding to 393b40 with respect to the left side not being flush with the street wall. As pointed out immediately above this it sounds like the project went through a tortuous process to even get started.
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440 tremont deep energy retrofit. Bldup says this is u/c.
Link
I couldnt find anything on bostonplans for some reason, but I found this document talking about what is taking place.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eva_white_case_study.pdf
Existing building 1
Found some more renders and info
“The redevelopment includes attaching a new panelized insulated facade system to the exterior walls while adding energy-efficient windows and a new heat pump system. This renovation will significantly reduce the energy burden of the building while drastically improving the living conditions of the current residents…….”
https://www.bostoncommunities.com/evawhite
Link
I couldnt find anything on bostonplans for some reason, but I found this document talking about what is taking place.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eva_white_case_study.pdf
Existing building 1
Found some more renders and info
“The redevelopment includes attaching a new panelized insulated facade system to the exterior walls while adding energy-efficient windows and a new heat pump system. This renovation will significantly reduce the energy burden of the building while drastically improving the living conditions of the current residents…….”
https://www.bostoncommunities.com/evawhite
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They completed this type of energy efficiency retrofitting in the other Castle Square buildings along Tremont Street about a decade ago. This is the only building in the sequence that did not get the treatment. I think they ran out of funding back then.440 tremont deep energy retrofit. Bldup says this is u/c.
Link
I couldnt find anything on bostonplans for some reason, but I found this document talking about what is taking place.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eva_white_case_study.pdf
Existing building 1
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Found some more renders and info
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“The redevelopment includes attaching a new panelized insulated facade system to the exterior walls while adding energy-efficient windows and a new heat pump system. This renovation will significantly reduce the energy burden of the building while drastically improving the living conditions of the current residents…….”
https://www.bostoncommunities.com/evawhite
440 tremont deep energy retrofit. Bldup says this is u/c.
Link
I couldnt find anything on bostonplans for some reason, but I found this document talking about what is taking place.
https://rmi.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/eva_white_case_study.pdf
Existing building 1
View attachment 59184
Found some more renders and info
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“The redevelopment includes attaching a new panelized insulated facade system to the exterior walls while adding energy-efficient windows and a new heat pump system. This renovation will significantly reduce the energy burden of the building while drastically improving the living conditions of the current residents…….”
https://www.bostoncommunities.com/evawhite
Thanks for sharing. I walked by this morning and it looks like there was a small fenced-off area with cladding panels, but no work underway quite yet.
This one had a different owner. They've since acquired it though.
These buildings are, architecturally, ugliness given form. There’s no harm that these insulated panels could possibly have.