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Design board approves revised North Maple Street plan after scale, material and landscaping review
Summary
The Somerville Design Review Board approved revisions to a previously approved North Maple Street building, allowing the original single structure to be split into two smaller buildings with some landscaping exceptions; the board praised the reduced scale and asked applicants to refine sidewalk and tree placement before final submittal.
The Somerville Design Review Board on April 23 approved updated plans for a previously permitted North Maple Street building, allowing the applicant to split one larger structure into two smaller buildings and proceed toward final review.
Architect Chris Garpus, representing owner Greg Owens, told the board the redesign breaks the earlier single building into two “cousins” rather than a single long structure to improve scale and context. “I’m Chris Garpus. I’m the…
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