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• i HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday, January 31, 1979, in Room G-15, Town Office Building, Lexington. Present were Commissioners John R. Packard, Chairman; Georgia H. Williams, Secre- tary; John L. Davies; Roland B. Greeley; S. Lawrence Whipple; and Associate Commissioner Richard S. Morehouse. A hearing wa.s held at 8:05 P.M. on the application of 1775 Wine & Spirit Shop, Inc. for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to the erection and display of a sign for the store at 1775 Massachusetts Avenue. Mr. Packard read the legal notice. Mr. William Foley represented the applicant and submitted three copies of scale drawings showing the proposed signs and photographs showing the existing signs. The letters would be the same style lettering as those on the existing sign and would be of black plastic. The word "Wines" would remain on the alley side of the building. The new sign would read "1775 Wine & Spirits" to the left of the column as your face the store front and "Liquors" to the right of the column. The hearing was closed at 8:12 P.M. Upon motion duly made and seconded, it was VOTED to issue a Certificate of Appropriateness to 1775 Wine & Spirit Shop, Inc. with respect to the erection and display of signs on the store at 1775 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green District. Partici- pating in this decision were Commissioners John R. Packard, Georgia H. Williams, John L. Davies, Roland B. Greeley, and S. Lawrence Whipple. A hearing was held at 8si5 P.M. on the application of Consumer Value Stores for a Certificate of Appropriateness with respect to changes in the store front, erection and display of signs on the front and rear of the store, and erection of an awning on the store front at 1735 Massachusetts Avenue, which is within the Battle Green District. Mr. Moe Morrissetts of CVS submitted three copies of a scale drawing showing proposed changes, signs, and a smaple of the material proposed for the awning. The signs are to be of gold leaf capital letters one inch thick and two feet high and will be pegged off the brick walls on both front and rear of the store. Single tube warm white fluorescent cove lighting is proposed. Following discussion of the location of the sign on the front of the store front, it was decided that the letters of the sign reading "CVS PHARMACY" would be dropped two courses of brick. The awning is to be a solid red color with- out lettering but having a scallsped edge without any trim and is to extend across the entire store front. It is proposed to have one entrance only which would be slightly recessed and the doors would be bronze anodized aluminum and would match the framing of the windows. It was stated that the brick into the entrance would run in the same direction as the sidewalk. It was stated that the brick to the left of the entrance would be 55" high and 24" high to the right of the doorway. Mr. Morrissetts said that they would match the brick as closely as possible and that, where necessary, the brick would be cleaned. Mrs. Ruth Thomas of 10 Parker Street asked if it would be possible to use tinted glass to subdue the interior view and Mr. Morrissette said that under the new Massachusetts Building Code they have had to reduce the lighting and will use a different softer lighting than