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4-13-59 of the aged . ." He stated that upon Miss Williams' inquiry as to the possibilities of build- ing garden apartment homes to meet said purpose, he suggested that the corporation consider purchas- ing, as a pilot project, one or two acres of property in the A 1 district in the Woburn and Cottage Streets area with the idea in mind of assem- bling small house lots into one parcel, wrecking or removing the houses on said lots, and redeveloping the land purchased. He said he stressed the advan- tages of such a project which he believed was badly needed, some of the advantages being the comparatively low value of property in the area, the location of the Lexinmton Nursing Association headquarters on ^!oburn Street, the project's nearness to Lexington Center, and the prospect of the project serving as a nucleus for the improvement of the rneneral area. At 10:00 p.m. Mr. Paul J. McCormack came to McCORMACK the meeting for the purpose of discussing with the PROFESSIONAL Board his proposal for a professional office build - OFFICE ing which he would like to locate on a lot numbered BUILDING 789 Massachusetts Avenue, said lot being adjacent to a local business district but located in a two- family dwelling district. Mr. McCormack described the lot as having an area in excess of 20,000 sq. ft., a depth of approximately 21L0 feet, and in addition to having frontage on Barnes Place had also a frontage of 150 feet on Massachusetts Avenue. He showed the Board a sketch of a building approximately 84 feet wide facing Massachusetts Avenue, said sketch being dated May, 1958 and prepared by Koller Associates, Inc., Architects and Engineers. He stated that if it was within the jurisdiction of the Board of Appeals to issue a variance for the construction of such building on the premises described, he intended to petition the Board of Appeals for said variance. The Board stated its position should Mr. McCormack petition the Board of Appeals for a variance, point- ing out that under Section 5 of the zoning by-law all buildings and uses not set forth in R 2 districts are expressly prohibited, and also that any rezoning necessary to provide for a professional office build- ing should be done by a town meeting and not by the Board of Appeals. Mr. McCormack left the meeting at 10:30 p.m. at which time the Planning Board meeting was ad- journed. 1 Richard H. Soule, Clerk