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Design Review Board denies variances for Ferry Lane air‑rights bridge; applicants must revise plan or drop bridge
Summary
After a lengthy public and board debate about precedent and the sale of city air rights, the board denied the variances needed for a bridge/sky‑walk connecting two separate Ferry Lane properties; board also denied the project in its present form.
The Design Review Board voted Sept. 11 to deny the variances requested to permit a private SkyBridge connecting two Ferry Lane properties (DRB 2510956 & 2510957) and then denied the design application, after extended testimony about process, precedent and neighborhood impacts.
The project proposed habitable occupiable space spanning above the public right-of-way to connect a waterfront lot and a non-waterfront lot. The applicant presented the architectural program (a multi-level residence with bridge occupancy, interior columns and plantings) and the procedural history: the city commission previously…
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