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Debate over Parkside Hotel facade and school playground: board asks applicant for alternatives
Summary
Base Camp 305 seeks to convert the Parkside Hotel site at 235 Washington into an outdoor recreational field for students. Preservationists urged retaining or reconstructing the contributing 1938 facade; parents and school supporters urged board to allow the school yard. The board asked the applicant to return in May with options showing partial retention, reconstruction, or an interpretive homage and continued the item.
Base Camp 305 presented plans to the Historic Preservation Board on April 14 to create an outdoor recreational field at 235 Washington Avenue by replacing a modest 1938 building that presently limits the school's outdoor space.
Applicant representatives said retaining the existing structure was not feasible because the building is unsafe and because heavy demolition equipment cannot access the site from the rear alley due to space and overhead power lines.…
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