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An application was received from MIT Lit Visual Arts Center requesting permission for a (35) thirty five temporary banners Ames Street, Memorial Drive to Main Street, Ames Street, Main Street to Broadway, Boradway, Ames Street to Third Street, Third Street, Broadway to Main Street, Main Street, Third Street to Broadway announcing MIT Visual Arts Center and Contemporary Art from February 2023 through March 2024
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City of Cambridge
Electrical Department
Banner Permit
Applicants Name: Chloe Tomasetta
Address:
20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Organization or Business Represented:_ MIT Lit Visual Arts Center
Pole locations: Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary:
On second page
Type Logo, Wording, Insignia:
Date of attachment: February 2023
Date of removal: March 2024
Contact Person: Chloe Tomasetta
Telephone: [phone removed]
Cell phone: [phone removed]
Email: [email removed]
Attachments to Poles:
1. Attachments shall be made with proper hardware and shall only be attached with
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.
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: 2/3/23
Approved by: On, pal
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Dear City Council of Cambridge,
On behalf of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, I am writing to apply for new banners on lamp posts:
• Ames St., Memorial Drive to Main St. (16 poles): 21, 19, M19, M17, M15, M13, M9, M7, M5,
M3, M1, M2, M4, M6, M8, M10
• Ames St., Main St. to Broadway (8 poles): 6, 4, 2, M41, M42, M44, M52, M54
• Broadway, Ames St. to Third St. (8 poles): M30, M26, M22, M18, M16, M12, M8, M4
• Third St., Broadway to Main St. (2 poles): M25, M23
• Main St., Third St. to Broadway (1 pole): M21
to direct students and public audiences to the contemporary art museum at MIT. The banners
say: "MIT List Visual Arts Center" and "Contemporary Art" with our logo and renderings of our
public art and exhibition artworks. We intend to attach the banners mid February, 2023 and
remove them mid-march, 2024. Banner attachment/removal will be facilitated by Heritage
Flag Co.
Thank you for your consideration,
Chloe Tomasetta
MIT List Visual Arts Center
Marketing Associate
[phone removed]
[email removed]
20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15-109 Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone [phone removed] Fax [phone removed] listart.mit.edu
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Street and Pole numbers: 35 total
• Ames St., Memorial Drive to Main St. (16 poles): 21, 19, M19, M17, M15, M13, M9,
M7, M5, M3, MI, M2, M4, M6, M8, M10
• Ames St., Main St. to Broadway (8 poles): 6, 4, 2, M41, M42, M44, M52, M54
• Broadway, Ames St. to Third St. (8 poles): M30, M26, M22, M18, M16, M12, M8,
• Third St., Broadway to Main St. (2 poles): M25, M23
• Main St., Third St. to Broadway (1 pole): M21
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