A communication transmitted from Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager, relative to the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Blake & Knowles Foundry at 101 Rogers Street

CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL COMMISSION 831 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Fl., Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139 Fax: [phone removed] Telephone: [phone removed] TTY: [phone removed] E-mail: histcomm@cambridgema.gov URL: http://www.cambridgema.gov/Historic Bruce A. Irving, Chair; Susannah Barton Tobin, Vice Chair; Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Director William G. Barry, Jt., Robert G. Crocker, Joseph V. Ferrara, Chandra Harrington, Jo M. Solet, Members Gavin W. Kleespies, Paula A. Paris, Kyle Sheffield, Alternates COMMISSIO Date: April 24, 2018 To: Louis A. DePasquale, City Manager From: Charles M. Sullivan, Executive Direc Re: Blake & Knowles Foundry (101 Rogers Street) landmark designation report and CHC recommendation Attached please find the Final Landmark Designation Report for the Blake & Knowles Foundry at 101 Rogers Street. On April 5, 2018, the Cambridge Historica Commission voted unanimously to approve the designation report anc recommendations, finding that the property meets the criteria in the ordinance for landmark designation and to forward the report to the City Council with a positive recommendation for designation. Tom Evans and Carlos Peralta of the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority, have attended the Commission's hearings regarding the landmark study and have made no objections and have indicated support for a collaborative process going forward with the project's design development. Please let me know if you have any questions.