Tag: 295 Calhoun

UPDATE: 295 Calhoun Street will again go before the BAR-L next week, on March 8, according to agendas released Friday by the City of Charleston. Denials of projects at BAR are challenging for everyone involved in the process – we all much prefer to see projects succeed. That’s why we routinely meet with project teams…

Image Source: November 9, 2022 BAR-L Image Overview The Board of Architectural Review- Large denied the 295 Calhoun project for the third time last night. The decision is a critically important rebuke of a proposal that board members have agreed, time after time, is inappropriate for this significant site. It also demonstrates that this board…

Image Source: November 9, 2022 BAR-L Image Overview This week’s Board of Architectural Review – Large (BAR-L) meeting could be the most important in years. After an unprecedented deadlock among four BAR-L members present last month forced the project to be tabled until November 9, the proposal for 295 Calhoun Street returns on Wednesday, and…

After the top two buildings were denied in 2021, the team is back to present the bottom two designs to BAR this week  The developers of 295 Calhoun Street will be back before the Board of Architectural Review – Large (BAR-L) this week, with not one but two separate proposals for the large mixed-use building…

Rendering of 295 Calhoun Street, denied by the BAR August 25, 2021 On November 5, Circuit Court Judge Roger M. Young, Sr. heard the Preservation Society’s request to intervene in an appeal of a Board of Architectural Review (BAR) decision on 295 Calhoun. The developer objected to our intervention, claiming that the PSC did not…

Charleston County Courthouse, courtesy Warren LeMay, Wikimedia Commons The PSC has submitted a Petition to Intervene in a lawsuit filed by the developers of 295 Calhoun that challenges the authority of the Board of Architectural Review (BAR). The Board’s decision to deny the proposed 8-story, mixed-use building echoed comments presented by PSC that the design…

Map of the original boundaries of the Old and Historic District, established 1931. Since then, the district and purview of the BAR has expanded to cover the majority of historic resources on the Charleston peninsula. By Erin Minnigan and Brian Turner On October 13, 1931 Charleston City Council adopted the landmark ordinance that created the…

Conceptual design for 295 Calhoun Street, denied by the BAR in August 2021  The Georgia-based owner of 295 Calhoun has appealed the Board of Architectural Review’s denial of its design for an 8-story, mixed-use, residential building on the site. The applicant’s request for conceptual approval was twice denied based on inappropriate height, scale, mass and…

Rendering of the rear of the proposed building at 295 Calhoun, looking north  This week, the BAR unanimously DENIED the proposed building at 295 Calhoun for a second time. The PSC was pleased the Board responded to our call to turn down the proposal, due to how closely it resembled the version denied in April. No meaningful…

The 8-story, mixed-use building proposed for 295 Calhoun Street, across from Roper Hospital, is back for BAR-L review this Wednesday. As you may recall, this project was denied in April after an incredible outpouring of community opposition and agreement by the Board that the building was overly massive and unrelated to Charleston’s unique character.     Left:…