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An application was received from Heritage Flag Co. representing the American Repertory Theatre requesting permission for a eight (8) temporary banners along Broadway and eighteen (18) temporary banners along Massachusetts Avenue announcing the upcoming production of Wife of Willesden from February 14, 2023 through March 20, 2023
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City of Cambridge
Electrical Department
Banner Permit
Applicants Name: Heritage Flag Co., Inc.
100 Franklin St., Allston, MA 02134
Address:
Organization or Business Represented: American Repertory Theater
Pole locations: Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary:
See attached
Promotion for "Wife of Willesden"
Type Logo, Wording, Insignia:
_Date of removal: March 20, 2023
Date of attachment: February 14, 2023
Contact Person: Amy Macdonald
[phone removed]
Telephone:
[phone removed]
Cell phone:_
[email removed]
Email:
Attachments to Poles:
1. Attachments shall be made with proper hardware and shall only be attached with
non-corrosive metal clamps or brackets.
2. Banners attached to poles shall not exceed a total of 1800 square inches,
approximately 18 inches x 48 inches, 24 inches x 36 inches, 24 inches x 48,
or 30 inches x 60 inches. The actual size is subject to required clearances.
3. Banners cannot be attached to wood utility poles.
4. Banners shall have a minimum clearance of:
a. 16 feet over a roadway
b. 12 feet over a sidewalk
5. Banners shall not interfere with or obstruct, or otherwise block any roadway
signs, lighting, or traffic signals.
6. The City reserves the right to remove, or order to be removed any banner deemed
unsafe, not properly installed, or creating a hazard and the applicant may be
subject to costs.
7. An applicant must provide a description of the materials the banner is made of,
method of attachment, and means of installation (contractor name and contact
information).
Date: 1/30/23
Approved by: Men pull
HERITAGE
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To: The Cambridge City Council
January 26, 2023
Honorable Councilors,
On behalf of the American Repertory Theater, I would like to request permission for a light pole
banner program to promote the ART's upcoming production of Wife Of Willesden. We would like
the banners to be installed from February 14 - March 20, 2023.
We request permission to have the banners on eight Broadway poles and on eighteen Massachusetts
Avenue pole. The pole numbers are as follows, and are show on attached maps:
Broadway:
79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 86, 88
Massachusetts Avenue:
134, 140, 142, 148, 150, 154, 156, 7, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, 184, 180, 182, 188
The proposed banner desgns are attached.
Thank you for your consideration,
Amy Macdonald
President
Heritage Flag Co., Inc.
m) [phone removed]
[email removed]
HERITAGE FLAG CO., INC - 100 FRANKLIN ST. - ALLSTON - MA - 02134
Proposed banner designs
FEB 25 - MAR 17
art.
Great
theater
Alternating
lives
MA Ave banners
here.
EXPERE
IENCE
ZADIE SMITH
WILLESDEN
THE WIFE OF BATH
art.
American Repertory Theater
American Repertory Theater
Great
theater
Alternating
lives
Broadway banners
here.
•XPER
ZADIE SMITH
THE WIFE OF BATH
ENC
WILLESDEN
American Repertory Theater
art.
FEB 25 - MAR 17
American Repertory Theater
LERY
ELLERY
79
LIBRARY
TROWBRIDGE
81
CRLS
82
FELTON
NARE
84
STARBUCKS
PRESCOTT
ART
MUSEUM
QUINCY
Dawes
CAMBRIDGE ST.
Island
Park
GARDEN ST.
188
MA AVE.
CHURCH ST.
18 Acorn (short) light poles
24"x 36" banners
DUNSTER ST.
HOLYOKE ST.
NDEN ST.
HARVARD ST.
PLYMPTON ST.
BOW ST.
MA AVE.
ARROW ST.