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The commission voted 5-0 to approve a hardship certificate allowing 24 windows at 77 Walden Street to be replaced because of an urgent lead-contamination situation, while requiring eight original windows to be restored. It also approved several property repairs, including a replacement roof, lighting changes, a garage gutter, and a new museum heat-pump system.
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The window decision allows the homeowners to address a serious health and safety problem on an expedited basis while preserving the most visible historic windows. The commission approved a heat-pump system at the museum with painted piping and a provisional decision to omit a screening panel, subject to review about six months after installation. A carriage-house project received provisional approval pending final drawings, while discussions of proposed siding and library storm windows were postponed.
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