An LED-based lighting fixture for illuminating an illumination area, comprising: a vertically extending LED support structure; an outer housing surrounding said LED support structure, wherein at least a portion of said outer housing allows for the passage of light output therethrough; a base supporting the outer housing; an array of individually aimed LEDs coupled to said LED support structure, a plurality of said LEDs having an LED light output axis aimed toward said illumination area, the LED light output axis being an axis emanating from the light emitting portion of an LED and corresponding to the center of the viewing angle of the LED; wherein said array of individually aimed LEDs includes a plurality of vertically extending columns of said LEDs; a plurality of optical pieces, each of said optical pieces being adjacent to a single of said LEDs and intersecting said LED light output axis of a single of said LEDs; characterized in that it further comprises at least one vertically extending translucent inner lens (150/260) interposed between a plurality of said optical pieces and said outer housing for reducing perceived glare emitted from the LED-based lighting fixture, said inner lens (150/260) having an inner lens first end adjacent the base and an inner lens second end that is positioned vertically upward of the upward most LED, said inner lens (150/260) intersecting said LED light output axis of said plurality of said LEDs at a non-perpendicular angle, wherein said inner lens (150/260) comprises a plurality of vertically extending lens slats, and wherein each of said lens slats is interposed between only a single of said vertically extending columns and said outer housing. a vertically extending LED support structure; an outer housing surrounding said LED support structure, wherein at least a portion of said outer housing allows for the passage of light output therethrough; a base supporting the outer housing; an array of individually aimed LEDs coupled to said LED support structure, a plurality of said LEDs having an LED light output axis aimed toward said illumination area, the LED light output axis being an axis emanating from the light emitting portion of an LED and corresponding to the center of the viewing angle of the LED; wherein said array of individually aimed LEDs includes a plurality of vertically extending columns of said LEDs; a plurality of optical pieces, each of said optical pieces being adjacent to a single of said LEDs and intersecting said LED light output axis of a single of said LEDs; characterized in that it further comprises at least one vertically extending translucent inner lens (150/260) interposed between a plurality of said optical pieces and said outer housing for reducing perceived glare emitted from the LED-based lighting fixture, said inner lens (150/260) having an inner lens first end adjacent the base and an inner lens second end that is positioned vertically upward of the upward most LED, said inner lens (150/260) intersecting said LED light output axis of said plurality of said LEDs at a non-perpendicular angle, wherein said inner lens (150/260) comprises a plurality of vertically extending lens slats, and wherein each of said lens slats is interposed between only a single of said vertically extending columns and said outer housing.