LANDMARK CENTER
BOSTON CIVIC DESIGN COMMISSION OCTOBER 1, 2013 CONTENTS
01 PROJECT SUMMARY 03 PROGRAMMING & URBAN DESIGN
02 PROJECT SITE 04 AERIAL VIEW 05 EMERALD NECKLACE
06 SITE PLAN
07 EXISTING PHOTOS
03 FLOOR PLANS 08 GROUND 09 PARKING
10 SECOND
11 THIRD
12 TWELFTH
13 ROOF
04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS 14 SECTION – EAST-WEST 15 ELEVATION – PARK DRIVE
16 ELEVATION – FULLERTON STREET
17 ELEVATION – MULTI-USE PATH
18 ELEVATION – BROOKLINE AVENUE
05 RENDERINGS 19 FENWAY MARKET 20 FROM THE RIVERWAY 3 01 PROJECT SUMMARY PROJECT SUMMARY
The proposal at Landmark Center in the Fenway entails the re • 75,000 gsf grocery store. MASSING & DESIGN planning and redevelopment of the existing Landmark Center • An additional 15,000 gsf of office to the Building massing has been shaped in response to the height located at the corner of Park Drive and Brookline Avenue existing 675,000 gsf of office. and use of the surrounding context and the desire to preserve adjacent to the Sear’s Rotary in Boston’s Fenway neighborhood, daylight and views both on- and off-site. The removal of proposed by Fenway Enterprises LLC, a Samuels & Associates • A new public plaza along Brookline Avenue and almost 380,000 square feet of existing above-grade garage entity, on behalf of Landmark Center Ventures LLC. Fullerton Street. offsets the impact of new massing on the Project Site. The The entire site is being re planned to make the historic • Increase in useable open space by 97 two-story base of the development is made up of a mix Sears building and the surrounding block more permeable. percent site wide to 2.2 acres. of small, intermediate and anchor scale retail designed to The strategies are dramatic and include the demolition of draw pedestrians to and through the Project Site from the • Preservation of the landmark status of all above grade parking, creation of new public space on MBTA, Park Drive, Brookline Avenue and Fullerton Street. the existing historic building. Brookline Avenue and the relocation of the office lobbies to Building masses above the retail base are oriented perpendicular the street level. Redevelopment of the Project Site will bring ZONING to Brookline Avenue and Park Drive to maximize light and new ground and second floor retail uses, including a major The Project Site is located in the Brookline Avenue Community air around the proposed development. Building height supermarket. The interior of the Landmark Center will be Commercial Subdistrict of the Fenway Neighborhood District decreases from south to north, stepping down toward the reconfigured to provide weather protected travel from the pursuant to Article 66 of the Boston Zoning Code. The Project Audubon Circle neighborhood. The roof space between new Fenway MBTA station to the commercial district of the Fenway Site is within the Restricted Parking Overlay District (RPOD) and and existing buildings above the retail base creates a unique neighborhood, through a destination food market anchored the Groundwater Conservation Overlay District (GCOD). A portion opportunity for multi-level open space that is activated by on the Fullerton side of the building by the new supermarket. of the Project Site along Park Drive is located in the Fenway/ both the commercial and residential uses. Materials and Above the retail, new residential buildings will be constructed. Park Drive Greenbelt Protection Overlay District (GPOD). architectural expression carried down from the building mass The Project also includes reconfiguration of a portion of to the street level accentuate the massing composition. existing office and cinema space, mechanical space, residential The existing improvements on the Project Site were approved amenity space and other accessory uses and facilities. by the BRA as a Chapter 121A project on December 15, 1996 A modern architectural expression is proposed and responds by a Report and Decision (the “Existing 121A Approval”) to the existing context and to the orientation of new buildings. THE PROPOSED PROJECT CONSISTS OF : that included zoning deviations. The Proponent intends The proposed buildings will stand alongside recent and new • Removal of 380,000 sf of existing above-grade to seek 121A in connection with the Project. Because the development at Trilogy, 1330 Boylston Street, The Van Ness parking garage. proposed building exceeds 50,000 square feet, the Project and The Point, and will express their own unique identity is subject to the requirements of Large Project Review amid the continued positive growth of this neighborhood. • Approximately 1,500 new parking spaces below grade. pursuant to Article 80 of the Code. Since the proposed • Up to 550 new residential units. building also exceeds 100,000 square feet, the Project is subject to schematic design review by the Boston Civic • An additional 110,000 gsf of retail to Design Commission (BCDC) under Article 28 of the Code. the existing 276,00 gsf retail.
LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 4 02 PROJECT SITE
AERIAL VIEW LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 5 02 PROJECT SITE
PRUDENTIAL CENTER
COMMONWEALTH AVENUE
SYMPHONY HALL
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
FENWAY PARK KENMORE SQUARE
BOYLSTON STREET
BROOKLINE AVENUE
BOSTON UNIVERSITY ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER MUSEUM
LANDMARK CENTER
ON THE EMERALD NECKLACE LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS BEACON STREET 6 KENMORE EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL
CINEMA/ENTERTAINMENT 02 PROJECT SITE OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING HOTEL HEALTH CARE NEWBURY STREET
RETAIL 120 BROOKLINE AVE
PROPOSED RETAIL LANDSDOWNE STREET
PROPOSED RETAIL
RESIDENCE INN BY MARRIOT
PROPOSED RETAIL BROOKLINE AVENUE
PROPOSED RETAIL
HARVARD FENWAY PARK VANGUARD
120 BROOKLINE
AVE RETAIL
126 BROOKLINE
AVE RETAIL
132 BROOKLINE
AVE RETAIL
CHIPOTLE VAN NESS STREET IPSWICH STREET PS NAIL SALON WEST ELM
EMACK & BOLIO’S
HOWARD JOHNSON HOTEL PARK DRIVE PARK GUITAR CENTER JERRY REMY’S SWEET CHEEKS CVS BERRY LINE RITE AID SUBWAY CITIBANK KINKOS PILLIPO FEDEX TASTY THE POINT RETAIL BURGER IPSWICH STREET IPSWICH
BOYLSTON STREET
BURGER KING UPPER CRUST UPPER BASEBALL TAVERN
CHICKEN BONE
CITIZEN BASHO DOMINO’S
SHAW’S
LOCATION & PRESENCE LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 7 02 PROJECT SITE
LANDMARK PHOTOS LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS
LANDMARK CENTER LANDMARK RIVERWAY
RIVERWAY CONNECTOR
PARK DRIVE BROOKLINE AVENUE
FULLERTON STREET
MINER STREET SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES &ASSOCIATES SAMUELS
HARVARD VANGUARD GROUND FLOOR PLAN | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS BURLINGTON STREET SERVICE/PARKING RESIDENTIAL OFFICE CINEMA RETAIL EXISTING TO REMAIN
8 02 PROJECT SITE PROJECT 02 9 03 FLOOR PLANS
EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL CINEMA OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING
PARKING PLAN LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 10 03 FLOOR PLANS
EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL CINEMA OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING
SECOND FLOOR PLAN LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 11 03 FLOOR PLANS
EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL CINEMA OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING
THIRD FLOOR PLAN LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 12 03 FLOOR PLANS
EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL CINEMA OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING
TWELFTH FLOOR PLAN LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS
LANDMARK CENTER LANDMARK RIVERWAY
RIVERWAY CONNECTOR
PARK DRIVE BROOKLINE AVENUE
FULLERTON STREET
MINER STREET SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES &ASSOCIATES SAMUELS
HARVARD VANGUARD | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS BURLINGTON STREET SERVICE/PARKING RESIDENTIAL OFFICE CINEMA RETAIL EXISTING TO REMAIN ROOF PLAN
13 03 FLOOR PLANS FLOOR 03 14
EXISTING TO REMAIN RETAIL
CINEMA 04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS OFFICE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE/PARKING
197’ – 0”
180’ – 0”
156’ – 0”
50’ – 0”
32’ – 0”
MARKET ARCADE
PARK DRIVE PLAZA FULLERTON EXISTING STREET
PROPOSED
EAST-WEST SECTION LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 15 04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS
ELEVATION – PARK AVENUE LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 16 04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS
ELEVATION – FULLERTON STREET LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 17 04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS
ELEVATION – MULTI-USE PATH LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 18 04 SECTION & ELEVATIONS
ELEVATION – BROOKLINE AVENUE LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 19 05 RENDERINGS
FENWAY MARKET LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS 20 05 RENDERINGS
FROM THE RIVERWAY LANDMARK CENTER SAMUELS & ASSOCIATES | ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS