Landmarks Commission Gives Green Light for Demolition of Three Historic West End Buildings

The Boston Landmarks Commission voted during a virtual meeting held Aug. 10 to waive a 90-day demolition delay for three historic West End buildings that will be razed as part of Mass General Hospital’s planned expansion.

MGH intends to demolish the building at 16-18 Blossom St., the former Winchell Elementary School building (a.k.a. Ruth Sleeper Hall) at 24 Blossom St., and the former Tenement House building at 23-25 North Anderson St. – three of about a dozen buildings from the old West End that survived urban renewal – to make way for a pair of connected 12-story towers located within the campus to provide the hospital with much-needed new hospital beds, along with new clinical and lab and clinical space, as well as 971 below-grade parking spaces.