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An application was received from MIT Visual Arts Center, 20 Ames Street, Building E15-109, requesting permission for fifteen temporary banners on Ames Street where the List Center is located in order to promote the Center's upcoming exhibition Before Projection: Video Sculpture 1974-1995
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City of Cambridge
Electrical Department
Banner Permit
Applicants Name: Mark Linga
Address: 20 Ames St., Bldg. E-15-109, Cambridge, MA 02139
Organization or Business Represented: MIT List Visual Arts Center
Pole locations: Ames Street, Memorial Drive to Main St.
Street and pole numbers attach separate sheet if necessary: MI, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9,
10,11, 13, 15, 17, 19 (green), 12 (silver),21
Type Logo, Wording, Insignia: Logo & Exhibition Signage
Date of attachment: February 7-- April 15, 2018
Contact Person: Mark Linga
Telephone: [phone removed]
Cell phone: [phone removed] Email: [email removed]
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 1152 square inches,
approximately 18 inches x 48 inches, 24 inches x 36 inches, or 24 inches × 48.
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).
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MIT List Visual Arts Center
January 23, 2017
Cambridge City Council
795 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
To Whom It May Concern:
I am writing on behalf of the MIT List Visual Arts Center, the contemporary art museum at MIT
to request permission to display banners on Ames Street, where the List Center is located in
order to promote the Center's upcoming exhibition Before Projection: Video Sculpture
1974-1995.
The design of the banners is in keeping with the List Center's logo and design standards and
will be professionally designed and printed according to material and size specification as
outlined in the attached request form. Every other banner has our logo, and our name. The
remaining banners have a representative image from the exhibition.
Enclosed please find detailed mock ups of the banners including a rendering of them on Ames
Street.
The banners will be printed and installed by Heritage Flag.
Thank you for considering this request.
[email removed]
Office: [phone removed]
Cell: [phone removed]
M
20 Ames Street, Bldg. E15-109 Cambridge. MA 02139 Phone 617253 4400 Fax [phone removed] listart.mit.edu
LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
BEFORE
PROJECTION:
VIDEO
SCULPTURE
1974-1995
FEB. 8-APRIL 15,2018
MIT'S CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
LIST VISUAL ARTS CENTER
Ames Street Banners
BEFORE
PROJECTION:
VIDEO
SCULPTURE
1974-1995
FEB. 8-APRIL 15, 2018
M
L
MIT'S CONTEHPORARY ART MUSEUM
TO TON
PARKING
SNOW
TON ZONE
NO
STOPPING
ANYTIME
Street Banners Mockup