Staff report: variance to zoning ordinance in Back Bay.
Published: 1959
Language: eng
Number of pages: 15
Subjects: Apartment houses -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay -- Proposed.; Building Heights -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay.; Clarendon Street, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Commonwealth Avenue, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Development Projects -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay -- Proposed.; Downtown, Boston (Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposed.; Zoning -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- Back Bay.; Back Bay (Boston, Mass.) -- Development Projects -- Proposals.
Description: ...concerns a proposed, controversial development project in downtown Boston's Back Bay neighborhood on a a lot of land located at the northwest corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Clarendon Street; describes the apartment building project, existing zoning, proposed zoning, current status of the project, examines the gounds for variance and points out problems associated with granting a variance in building height; this item was in the BRA collection...