An application was received from MIT Museum requesting permission for a seventy temporary banners along Memorial Drive to Sydney Street, Ames Street and the Longfellow Bridge announcing AI: Mind the Gap, Gene Cultures, Essential MIT and Cosmograph on November 2025 through Summer 2026

City of Cambridge Electrical Department Banner Permit Applicants Name: Reyna LaRiccia Address: 314 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142 Organization or Business Represented: MIT Museum Pole locations: Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary: MIT Museum logo, Remembering the Future, photo of Type Logo, Wording, Insignia: artwork, TIME seal Date of attachment: When approved Date of removal: Summer 2026 Contact Person: Reyna LaRiccia 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 x 48, or 30 inches x 60 inches. The actual size is subject to required clearances. Banners shall have a minimum clearance of: 4. Bamers cunnot he allached to wood utility poles. 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: 11/17/25 Approved by SMel

314 Main Street Gambrill Center Cambridge, MA 02142 MIT November 4, 2025 To the Honorable City Councilors of Cambridge City Council City Hail 795 Massachusetts Avenue USEUM Cambridge, MA 02139 Dear Council Members: I am writing to respectfully request your permission to change about 30% of the existing MIT Museum banners to reflect a recent exhibition change. We currently have four different banners hanging, each one featuring a different ongoing exhibition: Al: Mind the Gap, Gene Cultures, Essential MIT, and Cosmograph. Our Gene Cultures exhibition recently closed and will be replaced with Lighten Up! On Biology and Time. We also have a new lobby exhibition, titled Remembering the Future, that we hope to promote. The existing poles in use are: Massachusetts Avenue Memorial Drive to Sydney St. inbound: 25 poles Poles MO, M2, M4, M6, M8, M10, M12, M14, M16, M18, M20, M22, M24, M24.5, M26, M28, M30, M32, M34, M36, M48, M50, M54, M56, M58 Sydney St. to Memorial Drive outbound: 25 poles M49.5, M49, M47, M45, M39.5, M35, M33, M31.5, M31, M29, M27, M33.5, M25, M23, M21, M19, M17, M15, M13, M11, M9, M7, M5, M3, M1 Main Street Between Ames St. and the Longfellow Bridge: 20 poles Poles M70, M68, ?, 2, M50, M48, M42, M36, M32, M28, 18, 20 M39, M49, M43, ?, 15, 17, 19, 21 *'?" indicates a pole with no visible number As with the existing banners, the new banners will be double sided. Enclosed is the design of the new banners. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or need additional information. lil Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Thank you very much for your consideration. Sincerely, Sasha Wallinger Director of Marketing and Communications MIT Museum [email removed]

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