1. PUBLIC HEARING, CONTINUED, on a COMMUNICATION / DEMOLITION, New Bedford Historical Commission, to City Council, re: BUILDING DEMOLITION REVIEW OF 94 CLARK STREET, (MAP 84, LOT 134) a Circa 1911, three story wood-framed residence – Partial demolition: Porches, advising that “the building is associated with the architectural, cultural and social history of the City, as it is a prime example of a middle-class tenement, the iconic building archetype built to house the immigrant groups who came to New Bedford for employment in the textile industry; the building is architecturally significant as it embodies the distinctive characteristics of the Colonial Revival style with details such patterned shingles, wide cornices, tapered columns and the use of monumental center porticos capped by a triangular pediment, the porches dominate the front façade and are a defining feature of the building; the City’s Demolition Ordinance promotes the public welfare by making the City a more attractive and desirable place in which to live and work by preserving and protecting significant buildings, structures, streetscapes and neighborhoods, the loss of tenement porches has been widespread and often results in an unattractive, blank building that no longer contributes to a neighborhood, and may assist in the neighborhood’s visual, physical and social decline; if a demolition permit is granted, the Commission has sought that the current small porch windows be replaced with more appropriately sized windows, “in light of these findings, the New Bedford Historical Commission has determined that the building at 94 Clark Street is Historically Significant and a Preferably Preserved Historic Building or Structure.” (Ref’d 09/23/2021) (Advertised in The Standard-Times on Tuesday, October 12, 2021) (10/26/2021 – Hearing continued to 11/22/2021)