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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMlI.SSIOId A meeting of the Hiatorio Diatriots Commission ass held on Wednesday, April 23, 1975. ~ ~ Ssleotmen's ldseting Room, Town Office Building, Lex- ington. Present were Commiasionera Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman; t3eorgis H, Williams, 3eoretary; Thomas J. Holzbog; Donald J. Shaw; S. Lawrence Whipple; and Associate Commissioner Sarah P. Harkness. An ad~onrned hearing on the application of Consumer Halos Storey for a Certificate with respect to exterior architectural changes for the store front at 1719-1721 Maaasohuaetts Av®nue ass held at Sa00 P.H. l~lrs. Harkness was appointed to serve for Commissioner Shax. Mr. Teolis submitted seals drawings of the proposed store front and samples of Belgrano material to be used for the base of the store front. He stated that the present material is marble and that it is in poor condition and that they are proposing a dark material. with blue in it to replace the marble. 3/8" think, clear, plate glees panels will be installed above this material. Abave the glees panels is a cement strip and. above that is a transom which they want to restore. A stucco strip is above the transom. Mrs. Harkness asked it they wanted an awning. Mr. Teolis said that they xould have to replace the caning frame as well as the awning. if they want orie. He said that the glass panels would be in three sections and sealed together. The blank anodised aluminum double door would be recessed and a concrete aaik eloping up to the doorway would be installed. There was a discussion of using brink instead of concrete for the walkway and the Commission aembers all pref®rred a brink walk. Mr. Tsolia said that they plan to ezterd the rear out 24' to meat the rear of the other stores and this would be of Girder block with a brick veneer. There xould. be no aindowa but there would bs a door. In answer to a question Mr. Teolis said that the condensing unit of the air conditioning syateat will be on the root. Mr. Jaquith said that the Commission needs to know exactly xhere this unit will tee located and the exact wise of the unit. The hearing was ad~ourr~ed at 9s00 P.M. 1Kr. Shaw resnwed his asst. Three hearings are scheduled for May 21st: exterior changes in the rear vt the store at 179-1721 Maasaahuastta Avenue, sign for the C.H. Fabrics store on Waltham Street, and sign for Mary Washburn at 1620 Msssaohuaetta Avemte. Hrs. Washburn said that she was asking for a free standing sign as her antique store is in the rear of the building on the second floor. Ruth liorey, member of the Board of Appeals, said that this building might possibly need a directory sign as well as at least four other signs. An ad3ourned hearing ass held at 9:10 P.M. on the application of Carol Johansen and Evelyn O'Leary for a Certificate with respect to the erection and display of signs for the building at 1620 Masaaohusetta Avenue, which is within the Battle tire.n District. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and. acid that an application had been received about the middle of March. The appli- canta aubanitted three scale drawings of the proposed signs and stated that they propose to bang the larger sign in front of the windows and the smaller sign to the right of the larger sign. 1~. Jaquith stated that the signs wars lade before the application was anbadtted and that they had been made to hang on the railing with the larger one above and the smaller orie attached to it. Mr. Jaquith said that the Commission had suggested that they try hanging the signs from the ~reh lintels when an informal meeting was held regarding this application. He stated that the Building Inspector has to decide if these are to be considered two signs and whether, it hung in this manner, they are attached to the building. If the Building Ir~apeetor decides that these are