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An application was received from Michael Monestime of the Central Square Business Improvement District requesting permission for thirty (30) temporary pole banners along Massachusetts Avenue, Hancock Street, Inman Street, Pleasant Street, Prospect Street Essex Street, Pearl Street, Norfolk Street, Brookline Street, Douglas Street and Sidney Street announcing In Central I Can from June 1, 2023 through December 30, 2023
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City of Cambridge
Electrical Department
Banner Permit
Applicants Name: Michael Monestime
Address: 614 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139
Organization or Business Represented: Central Square BID
Pole locations: Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary:
Please see attached map
Type Logo, Wording, Insignia: Please see attached creative
6/1/23
Date of attachment:
Date of removal: 12/30/23
Contact Person: Michael Monestime
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
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 × 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, oi 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:
Approved by:
Contral Square
Business Improvement District
Thursday, May 18, 2023
To The Honorable Cambridge City Council:
Last time we wrote about a district-wide campaign, vaccines were just being rolled out. The
BID's focus was on creating safe, outdoor spaces for residents to enjoy, including the 500
new outdoor seats on Mass Ave and Starlight Square. Two years later, those initiatives are
part of Central Square's identity.
Our new campaign, "In Central I Can," celebrates the Square's can-do, entrepreneurial
spirit. This is a place of action and self-actualization, where people from all stations of life,
across generations, go to make their dreams come true. Not just a commercial and cultural
hub, Central is a place where anything is possible. You can grow old. Raise a family. Get
married on Mass Ave. Be scouted as a model. Recover from addiction. Communicate with
the cosmos. It's a place where people make it happen. Where shared values are reflected
from one edge of the district to the other, from My Brother's Keeper to the Senior Center.
We worked with Suhayl, a local BIPOC photographer and staff member at Mariposa Bakery,
to take portraits, and with August Reed, a CRLS alum, to take video. As you'll see in the
attached creative, generations of Central Square stories are represented.
Our application proposes that the street pole banners have a flight period of mid-May to
mid-October. The same campaign will be used on the Big Belly trash receptacles and in
other visible places throughout the district. Please be in contact with any questions or
concerns.
Thank you in advance for your support.
Nichue Waistene
President, Central Square BID
Centrai Square Business Improvement District
614 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
www.centralsq.org
HANCOCK STREET
91
90
1/2
90
Ave.
878 Mass
86
Ave.
846 Mass
82
80
INMAN STREET
128
PLEASANT STREET
125
727
Ave.
Mass
Ave
704
Mass
m110
m105
PROSPECT STREET
m108
Carl
Plaza
Barron
102
97
MASS AVE
ESSEX STREET
97
M102
PEARL STREET
M91
M94
NORFOLK STREET
M83
Ave.
Bank
515 Mass
Santander
BROOKLINE STREET
485
Ave.
Bank
Mass
United
The
Peoples
Ave.
472 Mass
Middle East
DOUGLAS STREET
M63
M 64
M57
M 62 1/2
SIDNEY STREET
MASS AVE
are proprietary and confidential.
The contents of this proposal
May 18, 2023
PRESENTED ON:
IN CENTRALI CAN
point of connection, allowing the influx of ideas and industries to color
action. When the train reached Central in 1912, it became a functional
has been a destination for people who want to put their ideas into
Welcome to Central Square, district of dreams. Since the 1800s, Central
and have seen it all.
alive today—remembered by families and businesses who started here
the historic neighborhood. Thankfully, this time in Central's history is
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CLINICS
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2D INIVERSTIY PARK
CSBID District-Wide Campaign
Spring 2023
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW
POLE BANNERS
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Pole Banners
THANK YOU