Neighbors, Thursday evening, the Cambridge Historical Commission voted unanimously to recommend that the City Council designate 33 Richdale (aka Hathaway Bakery) as a Landmark! If the City Council votes to confer landmark designation, exterior changes to the Hathaway Bakery building would require review and approval by the Cambridge Historical Commission in perpetuity. (This link will tell you more about the significance of landmark designation in Cambridge. http://www2.cambridgema.gov/Historic/landmarks.html ) Just FYI, granting landmark status does not affect the previous approval by the CHC of the final scheme which Rob and Sam Wolff proposed. Thanks to everyone who spoke at the CHC hearing last night, and thanks to everyone who supported landmark designation with their presence at the hearing. (The CHC chair, Bill King, did in fact ask for a show of hands of those attending for the 33 Richdale case.) Thanks, too, to our neighbor, Representative Marjorie Decker, who forwarded to the CHC a lovely statement (attached) about the significance of the Hathaway Bakery to the cultural history of Cambridge. What a wonderful, long slog it has been, but we’re not quite there. Never fear, I will let you know when the Hathaway Bakery landmark designation is scheduled on the City Council agenda. Until then, Oliver and I wish you a Merry Christmas, a happy holiday season, and wonderful adventures in the New Year. Steve Perry 24 Cambridge Terrace #1