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HISTORIC DISTRICTS COMMISSION
A meeting of the Historic Districts Commission was held on Wednesday,
March 14, 1984, in the Selectmen's Meeting Room, Town Office Building,
Lexington.rresent were Commissioners John L. Davies, Chairman, and Linda
J. McAulay; and Associate Commissioners Stephen B. Cripps, Mary H. Nye, and
Albert T. Yitt.
At 8:00 r.M. Mr. Jahn Duffy appeared on behalf of the Spaulding & Co.,
Inc. with respect to the erection and display of a sign reading "Software
City" on the building at 1666 Massachusetts Avenue. The sign will represent
the Software City logo in raised, rounded wood letters finished in 23 karat
gold. The maximum height of any letter will be 18", the total height of the
sign will be 28", and its total length will be 55". There will be no
illumination. There was discussion of the appropriateness of the logo
design, and the proposal was then VOTED.
At 8:00 P.M. the legal notice for the application of Sack Theaters with
respect to signs at 1794 Massachusetts Avenue and 10 Muzzey Street was read.
There was no representative of Sack Theaters at the hearing and no drawings
had been submitted, so it was unanimously VOTED to disapprove the applica-
tion for lack of prosecution. It was also noted by the Commission, and will
be inserted into the Notice of Determination, that the existing signs at
both locations have been altered without the issuance of a Certificate and
are therefore in violation of the Historic Districts Act.
At approximately 8s30 ?'.M. Ms. Catherine Donahue and Mrs. Fannette
Luhrs appeared on behalf of the Hancock School Condominium Association to
discuss the possible installation of replacement windows at that building.
There was general agreement on the part of the Commissioners. provided that
the windows preserve the architectural character of the building.
At approximately 9:00 P.M. Mr. Mark Moore appeared on behalf of The
Liberties Gulf Station at 39 Bedford Street to request permission to sub-
stitute white letters for the black letters that had been inadvertently
requested and approved at the hearing on. December 14, 1983. There xas no
opposition to the request, but it was noted that a change in sign color is
not covered by the same section in the Act that permits a change in building
color in the absence of an advertised hearing. A hearing will be therefore
be required, and Mr. Moore agreed to appear on April 11, 1984.
Bills in the amount of $8.54 for Beacon Communications Corporation and
$43.80 for Barbara Gilson were VOTED, he meeting was adjourned at
g:15 p.M.
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John L. Davies
Chairman