Taylor Street 'Stop Work' Order Lifted, East Wall to Be Rebuilt
The Landmarks Commission decided on Tuesday night to lift the stop work order on the wooden house at 8-10 Taylor Street.
The construction at 8-10 Taylor Street will go on, decided the South End Landmarks Commission on Tuesday night. The wooden home is only one of two in the South End. It has faced controversy in the neighborhood since construction started several weeks ago, had its stop work order lifted after the commission's review. The stop work order had been imposed due to the homeowner and contractor's decision to take down an extra wall during the demolition process. That demolished east wall will be rebuilt based on preservation's standards, the commission decided. "The mistake was that you didn't call when the wall had to come down," said commission chair Christie Gamp. "I can't believe knowing the contentiousness of this project and the neighbors …
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walter f
12:45 pm on Sunday, February 10, 2013
David Thoreau's hut in Concord is a replica... No one objected to reproducing it when the original disappeared. This house is a ridiculously simple wood triple decker and could be reproduced and made to look better than the original by skilled carpenters. I checked the siding and it is not the original... so there goes 50% of the "original" house, maybe even the trims were replaced over the years… more ›