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----T. HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednes- day, February 16,'1977, in Room G15, Town Off~.ce Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Chairman; Georgia H. Williams, Secretary; S. Lawrence Whipple; Acting Commissioner John R, Packard; and Associate Commissioner Oliver F. Hooper. Mr. Hooper was appointed to serve for Commissioner Amalia G. Samoylenko who xas unable to be present.. A hearing was held at 7:$2 Y.M. on the application of Robert Levine d~b~a~ robert international with respect to the erection and display of a sign for the store at 3 Meriam Street, xhich is within the Battle Green District,. Mr. Jaquith read the legal notice and application. Linda Hinkson of robert international submitted three scale drawings by Metal Letters Corporation (Carl Severo) of the proposed sign. They propose using all lower case letters as this is xhat they use o,n their letter- heads, etc. 10" letters of gold leaf, roman style will be used for the letters "b, t, t, t, 1" and the other letters will be 6" high gold leaf, roman style letters. Mr. Hooper asked why the lower case letters and Linda Hinkson replied that their business was contemporary jewelry and the small letters seem more contemporary. She said that they import some and make some of their jewelry. Mr. Hooper said that he thinks it looks as if something was left off.. Mr. Jaquith said that he agreed but that this type of sign is not unusual today, Mr. Whipple said that lower case letters take less space and that this is a fairly narrow store front. Mr. Jaquith said that the store front is 19'6" in width. Mr. Whipple asked if the previous sign has been removed and Linda Hinkson said that it was removed the end of December. Mr. Whipple asked the Chairman if Ernest Giroux will plug holes from previous sign and repaint the back- board. Mr. Jaquith repl7:ed that he believed that both things would have to be done. He said that he understands that Mr. Giroux wants to paint the fascia board a different color. Mr. Jaquith said that the Commission should probably put in the certificate that the holes are to be plugged and the fascia repainted where necessary to cover color change. The hearing was closed at 8:08 F.M. Upon motion made by Mr. Whipple and seconded by Mrs. Williams, it was unanimously VOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to Robert Levine d~b~a robert international with respect to the erection and dis- play of a sign for the store at 3 Meriam Street, which is within the Battle Green District. Participating in this decision were Commissioners Wilbur M. Jaquith, Georgia H. Williams, S. Lawrence Whipple, Acting Com- missioner John R. Packard, and Associate Commissioner Oliver F. Hooper. Commissioner Amalia G. Samoylenko arrived at this point and took her seat. A hearing was held at 8s18 P.M. on the application of Jeffrey Alpert for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to changes in the exte- rior architectural features of the building at 703 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the East Village District. Mr. Jaquith read the legal