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Design Review Board grants mass-and-scale approval for 30/30½ Caroline Street; applicant to return for details after public comments
Summary
After extensive public comment and board deliberation, the Saratoga Springs Design Review Board approved the mass and scale of a multi-floor addition at 30 and 30½ Caroline Street (adjacent to Sperry’s), voting 4–2 to allow the project to proceed to further review with detailed conditions for setbacks, materials and fenestration.
The Saratoga Springs City Design Review Board on April 30 approved the mass and scale of a proposed multi-story addition at 30 and 30½ Caroline Street, the project that would surround and span over the existing Sperry’s building. The board voted 4–2 to approve mass and scale only; the applicant must return for continued discussion and final approval of setbacks, materials, fenestration and other exterior details.
Applicant George Olsen of Olsen Associates Architects presented revised renderings and two design options (referred to by the board as Option A and Option B) intended to reduce the visual dominance of the new structure and to allow Sperry’s façade to “pop.” Olsen said the new construction is independent of Sperry’s and spans over…
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