Landmarks board must OK mall work

BOULDER – The redesign team for the Pearl Street Mall, anxious to move forward with a proposal on a major facelift for the four-block promenade, recently learned it also must pass muster with the city’s Landmarks Preservation Advisory Board.

Because the mall is designated a Historic District, one of six in Boulder including the Mapleton Hill area and Chautauqua Park, the Landmarks Board must approve any exterior changes, especially to the downtown buildings, before renovations can move forward.

But there might be questions about whether the Landmarks Board should be reviewing some of the plans at all. Most of the changes to…