Landmark Commission approves multiple repair and replacement requests for 102 N. Cliff with conditions on cleaning and windows

The Dallas Landmark Commission on May 5 approved a set of exterior repairs and changes for a contributing building at 102 North Cliff Street in the Tenth Street Historic District, subject to conditions intended to protect original material.

City staff recommended approval of site hardscaping and rear‑yard fencing, the replacement of an undocumented second‑story rear addition, replacement of non‑historic windows, repair or replacement of a second‑story front balcony, eight door replacements, and denied without prejudice a proposed paint‑removal method pending specification of a safe cleaning technique. The task force recommended approval with conditions and asked for the paint‑removal specification to be provided.

At the meeting, Building Community Workshop representatives and the project’s architect discussed the proposed work. Staff recommended that masonry parking surfaces be pavers rather than gravel, that certain landscape and fence setbacks be observed and that replacement windows either be all‑wood or all‑aluminum (not clad) unless specifications were provided showing a tested aluminum‑clad product. The applicant requested aluminum‑clad exterior with wood interior windows (a “wood interior/aluminum exterior” product), citing manufacturer test certificates and weather‑sealing details.

Commissioner Renault moved that the commission follow staff recommendations for most requests but explicitly allow the applicant to use aluminum‑clad replacement windows in the 9-over-1 configuration on the front elevation and 1-over-1 on side and rear elevations, and to accept the applicant’s proposed cleaning…