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Commission debates preservation alternatives for proposed 18‑story hotel at 447 Battery Street
Summary
At an early EIR scoping hearing for a proposed 18‑story hotel at 447 Battery Street, commissioners, staff and public debated whether the project’s partial preservation alternative meaningfully reduces impacts to the historic resource or amounts to "facadism." The commission asked for stronger alternative design responses and recommended staff and sponsor further refine the partial preservation option.
The Historic Preservation Commission heard an extended presentation and debate on preservation alternatives for a proposed 18‑story hotel at 447 Battery Street, where the project team proposes to retain and alter primary facades and construct a vertical addition above.
Staff presented three EIR alternatives: no project; a full preservation alternative retaining all character‑defining features and adding a two‑story rooftop addition; and a partial preservation alternative that would retain primary…
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