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The City’s Cultural Resources Office reviews all building permits in the city’s local historic districts, including Skinker-DeBaliviere. Among the highlights: Location, spacing and setback: The historic district ordinance states that new structures “shall be positioned on their lots so that any existing rhythm of recurrent building masses to spaces is continued. Existing building lines shall be strictly maintained, with no portion of any building (excepting any open porch, open veranda, open stone platform or open balcony) to be constructed beyond the existing building line. Exterior materials: The historic district ordinance states that exterior materials when visible from the street should be of the type originally used when the historic district area was developed: brick, stone, stucco, wood, and wrought and cast iron. For 6153 Pershing, “exterior materials are brick, stucco, and metal for handrails, to produce the effect of wrought or cast iron.” Height: the ordinance states: “New buildings or altered existing buildings…must be constructed to within 15% of the average height of existing residential buildings on the block.” For 6153 Pershing, “The height of the front parapet is within 15% of the height of the cornice line of adjacent buildings.” Concluding comments of the Cultural Resources staff: The Skinker-DeBaliviere Historic District Standards allow the construction of contemporary infill design, and the staff feels that the proposed building is successful in replicating the rhythm of the buildings on the block.”
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2011.
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