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Commission approves major permit to alter 50 Fell Street to host La Porte preschool, with staff conditions

Historic Preservation Commission · August 20, 2014
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The Historic Preservation Commission approved a major‑permit alteration of the Category‑1 building at 50 Fell Street to accommodate La Porte Schools' preschool, subject to five conditions requiring final details and samples to be reviewed by preservation staff. Commissioners praised revisions that responded to ARC comments and emphasized base treatment and guardrail details.

The Historic Preservation Commission approved with conditions a major permit to alter 50 Fell Street, a Category‑1 building designated under Article 11 of the Planning Code, to accommodate a La Porte Schools infant‑toddler and preschool program. Kelly Wong of planning staff summarized the proposal: removal of a nonhistoric curvilinear brick ramp, insertion of two new doors requiring partial removal of historic window assemblies (to be saved on site), a new painted steel framed glass panel ramp and…

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