Wednesday, March 31, 2010
977 Summit, Continued
I am having technical problems uploading more images to the blog right now.
Here are the highlights (abridged) from the written application:
Here are the highlights (abridged) from the written application:
- Construct new flat-roofed porch/entry breakfast room with second story roof terrace on east elevation
- Construct new open porch addition on north elevation
- Additions will have stucco to match existing house, double-hung and fixed sash windows to match existing "as closely as possible"
- Convert existing tuck under garages to bedrooms.
- Remove existing two car garage and replace with new four car garage. (Note: apologies for technical difficulties. Cannot upload drawings of proposed garage at this time.)
- Remove and rebuild existing original entry. Rebuild with slightly larger footprint.
- Construct new concrete retaining wall along Chatsworth (west) side of home.
977 Summit
More detail on the complete renovation application before the HPC:
(Click on any image to see it larger)
(Click on any image to see it larger)
Birdseye view of 977 Summit.
(Image from www.bing.com)
Principal facade of 977 Summit
Principal facade of 977 Summit
Side Elevation, from Chatsworth Street
(Image from www.google.com)
HPC Agenda: Summit Items
There are three summit items on the upcoming Agenda.
Here is the agenda in its entirety, with the Summit Items in bold.
I. Approval of the Agenda
II. Conflicts of Interest
III. Approval of the meeting minutes
V. Staff Announcements
Here is the agenda in its entirety, with the Summit Items in bold.
Saint Paul Heritage Preservation Commission
City Hall Conference Center Room 40
15 Kellogg Boulevard West
(Enter the building from Fourth Street)
Business Meeting Agenda
Thursday, April 8, 2010
5:00 p.m.
City Hall Conference Center Room 40
15 Kellogg Boulevard West
(Enter the building from Fourth Street)
Business Meeting Agenda
Thursday, April 8, 2010
5:00 p.m.
I. Approval of the Agenda
II. Conflicts of Interest
III. Approval of the meeting minutes
- A. March 11, 2010 Business Meeting
- B. March 25, 2010 Public Hearing Meeting
V. Staff Announcements
- A. March Design Review Statistics (see attached)
- A. 2115 Summit Avenue, Summit Avenue West Historic District, by Opus Northwest Construction, LLC, for permits to construct the new 225,000 sq. ft. Anderson Student Center at the northeast corner of Summit and Cretin Avenues. File #10-017 (Spong, 266-6714). Continued from the March 25, 2010 Public Hearing.
- A. Summit Avenue at Cretin Avenue, Summit Avenue West Historic District, by University of St. Thomas, for a permit to alter the radius of the boulevards and add/increase paving at all crossings. File #10-018 (Spong, 266-6714).
- B. 977 Summit Avenue, Hill Historic District, by David Heide Design Studio, for a building permit for complete renovation including, alteration of the front entrance and terrace, construction of two rear and side elevation additions, conversion of the tuck-under garages into living space and alteration of the driveway. Also proposed is removing the two-stall garage at the alley, and constructing a fourstall garage and other site improvements. File #10-019 (Boulware, 266-6715).
- A. Review and approve Section 106 comment letter for the Phalen Arch Bridge.
- B. Comment on the draft 2010 Annual Report
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Fun Family Event: Third Annual Cathedral Family Day on Sunday, March 7
St Paul's Cathedral is located at the corner of Summit and Selby Avenues. This coming Sunday, the Cathedral is hosting its Third Annual Cathedral Family Day.
Sunday, March 7
1-4:30 p.m.
239 Selby Avenue
(Selby and Summit)
Costumed tour guides * Pipe Organ demonstrations *
MN Children’s Museum Art Projects* Science Experiments
(Saint Paul, MN) The Cathedral of Saint Paul welcomes everyone and especially families to tour this historical landmark, listen as a resident musician plays the massive Skinner Pipe Organ, create your own Michelangelo “Pietà ” with the Minnesota Children’s Museum and do oxidation experiments on copper with the Minnesota Science Museum on Sunday, March 7th from 1:30-4:30 p.m., located at 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul (www.cathedralsaintpaul.org).
“The music of the Cathedral will be special focus this year for Family Day. When music is created in this grand place, it appeals to all the senses,” said the Very Reverend Joseph R. Johnson, Rector of the Cathedral. “Come visit on Family Day and learn how the Great Pipe Organs work and get up close to watch one of our organists create music that fills the Cathedral.”
In addition to pipe organ demonstrations, tour guides will be dressed in period costume and standing at stations throughout the building. Move around to all the stations to hear the stories from the historical characters who played a role in building this great monument on the hill.
After experiencing the history and music in the Cathedral, visitors are invited to enjoy a host of activities on the lower level:
• Minnesota Children’s Museum staff will have materials for children to make their own clay Michelagelo’ sculpture to take home.
• Minnesota Science Museum staff run oxidation experiments on copper (dome).
• LEGO Builder Roy Cook will be on-hand to answer questions about the finished LEGO replica of the Cathedral.
• The Cathedral Gift Store and Museum will also be open to visitors.
• Refreshments will be available for purchase from the Cathedral Young Adults.
The Cathedral Heritage Foundation is a non-profit, non-sectarian, historic preservation, cultural and arts organization established to meet the objectives of restoring and preserving the national historic treasure of the Cathedral of Saint Paul for generations to come. The CHF provides leadership in developing educational programs to showcase the cultural, historic, and artistic influence of the Cathedral on people throughout the world.
For more information, visit www.cathedralheritagefoundation.org or call the Welcome Center at 651-228-1766. To view photos of the Cathedral of Saint Paul’s interior and exterior go to http://www.cathedralsaintpaul.org/about/photos.asp.
More info: http://www.cathedralheritagefoundation.org/
Sunday, March 7
1-4:30 p.m.
239 Selby Avenue
(Selby and Summit)
Costumed tour guides * Pipe Organ demonstrations *
MN Children’s Museum Art Projects* Science Experiments
(Saint Paul, MN) The Cathedral of Saint Paul welcomes everyone and especially families to tour this historical landmark, listen as a resident musician plays the massive Skinner Pipe Organ, create your own Michelangelo “Pietà ” with the Minnesota Children’s Museum and do oxidation experiments on copper with the Minnesota Science Museum on Sunday, March 7th from 1:30-4:30 p.m., located at 239 Selby Avenue, Saint Paul (www.cathedralsaintpaul.org).
“The music of the Cathedral will be special focus this year for Family Day. When music is created in this grand place, it appeals to all the senses,” said the Very Reverend Joseph R. Johnson, Rector of the Cathedral. “Come visit on Family Day and learn how the Great Pipe Organs work and get up close to watch one of our organists create music that fills the Cathedral.”
In addition to pipe organ demonstrations, tour guides will be dressed in period costume and standing at stations throughout the building. Move around to all the stations to hear the stories from the historical characters who played a role in building this great monument on the hill.
After experiencing the history and music in the Cathedral, visitors are invited to enjoy a host of activities on the lower level:
• Minnesota Children’s Museum staff will have materials for children to make their own clay Michelagelo’ sculpture to take home.
• Minnesota Science Museum staff run oxidation experiments on copper (dome).
• LEGO Builder Roy Cook will be on-hand to answer questions about the finished LEGO replica of the Cathedral.
• The Cathedral Gift Store and Museum will also be open to visitors.
• Refreshments will be available for purchase from the Cathedral Young Adults.
The Cathedral Heritage Foundation is a non-profit, non-sectarian, historic preservation, cultural and arts organization established to meet the objectives of restoring and preserving the national historic treasure of the Cathedral of Saint Paul for generations to come. The CHF provides leadership in developing educational programs to showcase the cultural, historic, and artistic influence of the Cathedral on people throughout the world.
For more information, visit www.cathedralheritagefoundation.org or call the Welcome Center at 651-228-1766. To view photos of the Cathedral of Saint Paul’s interior and exterior go to http://www.cathedralsaintpaul.org/about/photos.asp.
More info: http://www.cathedralheritagefoundation.org/
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Parallel Matter: Grand Old Day 2010
Grand Avenue and Summit are siblings of a sort, perhaps as closely related as fraternal twins. One block apart, Summit and Grand are a residential and a commercial spine connecting neighborhoods and creating vibrant spaces in St. Paul to drive, walk, bike, shop, gather, worship or just down a latte with a cookie. So when things change on Grand Avenue, they often change on Summit as well.
In that spirit I thought I would share an article from the Summit Hill Association newsletter. One of Grand Avenue's grandest days each year is the first Sunday in June: Grand Old Day. Grand is closed to traffic and open to pedestrians; busses run down no-trucks-allowed Summit Avenue; and cars snarl all adjoining neighborhood streets looking for a place to park.
In 2010, the Grand Avenue Business Association is proposing to test a new on-street main stage featuring a "beer garden," The stage and beer garden would be similar to those operated on private property in parking lots of Grand Avenue businesses. It looks to me that the plan has been well thought out, and perhaps most importantly, the stage and beer garden are being proposed as a one year only 'test' that would automatically sunset after 2010, so neighbors have the opportunity to approve or reject the change.
Read on:
Grand Old Day--Proposed Changes
Grand Old Day, in its 37th year, will take place along Grand Avenue from Fairview to Dale on Sunday, June 6, 2010. Grand Old Day is produced by the Grand Avenue Business Association each year as its annual fundraiser and includes sporting events, a parade, live music & festival gardens, kids' activities, international performance, an art air and more.
This year, GABA is seeking to produce a via in Stage located on Grand Avenue between St. Albans & Dale to replace one of the 3 GABA sponsored festival gardens. The Main Stage. would be produced in partnership with Rock the Cause, a non-profit organization working to create a positive, life-changing experience through the power of music and community. The Rock the Cause main stage will promote volunteerism and stewardship for non-profits like Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Children's Cancer Research Fund and Minnesota AIDS Project, that make a measurable impact in the community. Like other Grand Old Day festival gardens, the Main Stage area would be fully enclosed by barricades and guests must be 21 + to enter. The Main Stage would close at 4:30pm (30 minutes earlier than other stages).
In order to move forward with this proposal, Grand Old Day will need to be included in City Ordinance 245.04, which provides an annual festival an exception to the city code barring the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the public right-of-way. Ordinance 245.04 currently includes Taste of Minnesota and River Fest.
Over the past few months GABA staff has presented the Main Stage plan to St. Paul Police Department, Department of Safety & Inspections, St. Paul Fire Department, Ward 2 Councilmember Dave Thune, Grand Avenue property owners and Summit Hill Association. GABA has received support to move forward with the ordinance change process from all of these groups. The process includes four readings at the City Council and a public hearing. Information about the public hearing date/time will be posted at www.summithillassociation.org as soon as it is scheduled.
If you have any questions about this proposed change, please contact the Grand Avenue Business Association at 651-699-0029 or david@grandave.com.
In that spirit I thought I would share an article from the Summit Hill Association newsletter. One of Grand Avenue's grandest days each year is the first Sunday in June: Grand Old Day. Grand is closed to traffic and open to pedestrians; busses run down no-trucks-allowed Summit Avenue; and cars snarl all adjoining neighborhood streets looking for a place to park.
In 2010, the Grand Avenue Business Association is proposing to test a new on-street main stage featuring a "beer garden," The stage and beer garden would be similar to those operated on private property in parking lots of Grand Avenue businesses. It looks to me that the plan has been well thought out, and perhaps most importantly, the stage and beer garden are being proposed as a one year only 'test' that would automatically sunset after 2010, so neighbors have the opportunity to approve or reject the change.
Read on:
Grand Old Day--Proposed Changes
Grand Old Day, in its 37th year, will take place along Grand Avenue from Fairview to Dale on Sunday, June 6, 2010. Grand Old Day is produced by the Grand Avenue Business Association each year as its annual fundraiser and includes sporting events, a parade, live music & festival gardens, kids' activities, international performance, an art air and more.
This year, GABA is seeking to produce a via in Stage located on Grand Avenue between St. Albans & Dale to replace one of the 3 GABA sponsored festival gardens. The Main Stage. would be produced in partnership with Rock the Cause, a non-profit organization working to create a positive, life-changing experience through the power of music and community. The Rock the Cause main stage will promote volunteerism and stewardship for non-profits like Big Brothers/Big Sisters, Children's Cancer Research Fund and Minnesota AIDS Project, that make a measurable impact in the community. Like other Grand Old Day festival gardens, the Main Stage area would be fully enclosed by barricades and guests must be 21 + to enter. The Main Stage would close at 4:30pm (30 minutes earlier than other stages).
In order to move forward with this proposal, Grand Old Day will need to be included in City Ordinance 245.04, which provides an annual festival an exception to the city code barring the sale or consumption of alcoholic beverages in the public right-of-way. Ordinance 245.04 currently includes Taste of Minnesota and River Fest.
Over the past few months GABA staff has presented the Main Stage plan to St. Paul Police Department, Department of Safety & Inspections, St. Paul Fire Department, Ward 2 Councilmember Dave Thune, Grand Avenue property owners and Summit Hill Association. GABA has received support to move forward with the ordinance change process from all of these groups. The process includes four readings at the City Council and a public hearing. Information about the public hearing date/time will be posted at www.summithillassociation.org as soon as it is scheduled.
If you have any questions about this proposed change, please contact the Grand Avenue Business Association at 651-699-0029 or david@grandave.com.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
683 Summit Lot Split
From the HPC Agend for
Public Hearing Agenda
Thursday, January 28, 2010
5:00 p.m.
683 Summit Avenue, Hill Historic District, by owner representative George LeTendre, for a subdivision (lot split) in order to sell the new parcel for single family construction.
Public Hearing Agenda
Thursday, January 28, 2010
5:00 p.m.
683 Summit Avenue, Hill Historic District, by owner representative George LeTendre, for a subdivision (lot split) in order to sell the new parcel for single family construction.
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