Thread by @shayshinecastle

We've got a historic landmark tonight, which always requires a public hearing and presentation.

I find these fairly boring, so I never tweet them much. But here's the presentation, if you're interested. documents.bouldercolorado.gov/WebLink/DocVie…

James Hewat, senior preservation planner, taking a few moments to educate new council members. Boulder has one of if not the most "sophisticated" and expansive preservation programs in the state, Hewat says.

Nice guy, Hewat. Always enjoy talking with him, although I imagine he finds it quite offensive that I find his work so completely boring. Sorry, James!

Here's literally all the notes I took for the two landmarks these evening.

3485 Stanford Ct
Date(s) of construction: 1957, 1961, 1964
Style: Modern and Usonian
BHP doing affordable senior housing here, I believe

963 7th St
Date of construction: 1930
Style: Rustic Masonry

Hewat: We review between 350-400 applications per year. More than 1,300 historic landmarks in Boulder, including 10 district and 200+ individual landmarks.

And one interior landmark! Dushanbe Teahouse boulderbeat.news/2020/10/17/bou…

One of literally two landmarking stories I've ever written. Here's the other. boulderbeat.news/2020/05/08/bou…

One preservation thing I *do* find interesting and will write about, should it ever happen, was Friend's request that Boulder revisit any landmarks named after problematic folks, like racists.

Llanes going over the rules for a quasi-judicial decision, which this is. So are planning (development) decisions. Council has strict rules they have to follow for their approval or rejection. If they base their decision on something else, they could be sued.

This matters less when it comes to landmarks, but it's often a big deal for development issues. Boulder puts out rules, developers/property owners follow them, so council can't just deny projects based on something that's not in the rules.

This of course gets complicated bc many of the rules are subjective. But still, if you've ever wandered why council didn't just say no to something... it's not so simple.

Forgot to say the Stanford Ct landmark is a church. Designed by the architects who *also* did that noticeable church on 28th, coming into Boulder from Denver. (As U.S. 36 turns into 28th by the university)

It's the Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church (the one being landmarked). It will serve as a community center for the 60 units of affordable senior housing going on the site.

Cool fact about the other landmark tonight, 963 7th St: It uses local stone! Quarried nearby.

Unanimous votes for both landmarks tonight, per usual.

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