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BZA approves oversized art banners on First Street parking garage to advertise year‑round market
Summary
The Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals granted a variance to allow large temporary art banners on the First Street parking garage façade to publicize a year‑round farmers market, after supporters and a city traffic official submitted letters backing the request.
The Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeals on May 8 granted a variance to allow oversized art banners on the façade of the First Street parking garage to promote a year‑round farmers market planned for the ground‑floor commercial space.
Will Gilson, the operator of the First Street Market at 57–59 First Street, told the board the banners are a temporary scrim produced by a local artist and are intended to enhance the parking garage facade and publicize the new indoor market. "Our goal here is just to…
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