425 Battery Street

• The General Harrison — Curtis Hollenback and Topher Delaney
  Unearthed ship parts; In public right-of-way in front of 425 Battery; artwork is always accessible.
  Installed 2001.

1. Nov 1982

   Additions alterations or repairs.

   Cancelled Permit 8209087 $$$ $2,300
2. Jul 1984

   Tenant improvements.

   Complete Permit 8408021 $$$ $175,000
3. Aug 1985

   Remodel of existing office space.

   Complete Permit 8509234 $$$ $40,000
4. Jul 1986

   Interior alteration to tenant space.

   Complete Permit 8608265 $$$ $38,500
5. Feb 1990

   Emergency repair only tore place existing rotted wood joists.

   Complete Permit 9002227 $$$ $25,000
6. Feb 1991

   Cti-1.

   Complete Permit 9102961 $$$ $115,000
7. Mar 1991

   Cti-ii.

   Complete Permit 9103667 $$$ $58,000
8. Dec 2000

   To erect 11 stories of 330 dwelling units/retail/office/assembly.

   Complete Permit 200012278668 $$$ $1,000,000
9. May 2001

   Provide shoring per plans.

   Complete Permit 200105159133 $$$ $75,000
10. Oct 2001

    Reuse sidewalk vault and to locate transformers and cisterns per plans.

    Expired Permit 200110160875 $$$ $150,000
11. Jun 2002

    New automatic fire sprinkler systems, new construction incl. fire pump, 2 standpipes, 3 fdc.

    Withdrawn Permit 200206280321 $$$ $366,827
12. Oct 2002

    Interior tenant buildout for rest., mep & life safety under separate permit.

    Issued Permit 200210159006 $$$ $600,000
13. Dec 2002

    Restaurant on 1st & lower level; electrical & lighting on separate permit.

    Issued Permit 200212133505 $$$ $650,000
14. Jan 2003

    Fire life safety in new restaurant on 1/f and basement level in new building hotel.

    Issued Permit 200301245846 $$$ $30,000
15. Apr 2004

    New demizing wall in new empty space - 2-handicap bathroom reception area.

    Expired Permit 200404141305 $$$ $40,000
16. May 2004

    Mechanical work for permit application 200405174029 for "curves fitness".

    Cancelled Permit 200405214534 $$$ $20,000
17. Sep 2004

    Tenant improvement for dry cleaning at ground floor & bsmnt/mechanical/plmg and sprnkr.

    Expired Permit 200409245146 $$$ $50,000
18. Dec 2004

    Build out of current retail space to accomodate a barber shop.

    Complete Permit 200412312413 $$$ $81,900
19. Mar 2005

    Interior improvement for coffee sales - counters finishes, electrical, mechanical, plumbing, restroom, equipment.

    Complete Permit 200503097131 $$$ $80,000
20. May 2007

    Vacant space in an existing 12 story building. club room work will include new demising wall and new carpet and finishes.

    Expired Permit 200705040477 $$$ $40,000
21. Jun 2007

    Install 8 sump pump 3'x3' deep in the basement.

    Complete Permit 200706012738 $$$ $72,000
22. Jun 2012

    Basement remodel work to include new gypsum board and glass partitions, new carpet, ceiling, lighting and mep. 97 square foot structural infill in 1st floor slab. fire sprinklers and alarm under separate permit.

    Complete Permit 201206132511 $$$ $187,400
23. Jan 2014

    T.i. for a new restaurant "sub-way" construction to be in full compliance with disable access requirement. no structural system is affected.

    Issued Permit 201401136159 $$$ $105,000
24. Aug 2014

    Proposed change in use from laundrymat to "new french nail", add 1 h.c. restroom, break room, facial room as shown on proposed plans. n/a ordinance#155-13.

    Complete Permit 201408133770 $$$ $25,000
25. Sep 2015

    New wall at bar area. new floor, ceiling & wall finishes (demolition existing). remove & provide new casework, remove & provide new light fixtures, new hand sink, new keywork at restroom door, new soffit infill over bar area. new fixtures and furnishings; maher n/a.

    Issued Permit 201509086365 $$$ $67,926

DBI holds 98 permits for this parcel, most of them tenant improvements on individual floors. The timeline shows the 24 largest by stated cost, plus the earliest on file; the DBI query in the sources below returns all 98. 11 of them are nominal $1 street-space or sidewalk permits.

The storeship General Harrison was built at Newburyport, Massachusetts in 1840 and ended up buried in the made ground of the waterfront, where excavation for this building uncovered it in 2001. Its hull is now a 60-foot artwork in the sidewalk outside — flattened copper ribs on a stainless steel frame.

The published account of the work spells the artist's name both “Topher Delany” and “Topher Delaney”; the city's inventory gives Delaney.