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Neighborhood Nine - Neighborhood 9
Neighborhood Description
Neighborhood Nine is a moderate-density residential neighborhood with around twelve thousand residents. Harvard Square and Porter Square, both major commercial and transit centers, lie at two corners of the neighborhood. Massachusetts Avenue, which connects the two squares, is one of the neighborhood’s main commercial areas. The Fresh Pond Shopping Center provides a regional commercial area to the west. A smaller commercial strip exists along Concord Avenue. Harvard University is a presence in the neighborhood, with both academic and student housing facilities. Danehy Park, a 50-acre athletics and recreational facility built on the site of the former city landfill, is also located in Neighborhood Nine.
- Link to Neighborhood Map (PDF format, 1.5 MB)
- Link to Neighborhood Statistics
Neighborhood Nine Study and Update
This neighborhood study was conducted from 1993 to 1994 and issued in 1996. These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- Neighborhood Nine Neighborhood Study (single file, 1121 KB)
- Cover Page and Table of Contents (216 KB)
- Pages 1 through 4 and 6 through 10 (98 KB)
- Page 5 Neighborhood Map (389 KB)
- Pages 11 through 16 and 18 through 23 (115 KB)
- Page 17 Zoning Map (402 KB)
- Pages 24 through 77 (203 KB)
Starting in 2002, the Community Development Department began the process of updating the Neighborhood Nine Study. During a series of meetings, neighborhood residents made recommendations to improve the way that the City addresses a variety of issues and Department staff reviewed changes that have occurred in the neighborhood since 1996. In addition, the neighborhood planning staff reviewed the status of recommendations from the original neighborhood study.
In 2004 the Department published The Neighborhood Nine Neighborhood Study Update: Summary, Recommendations, and Action Plan, which reviews the discussions at the four neighborhood meetings, describe recommendations proposed there, and updates the status of recommendations from the 1996 study.This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- Neighborhood Nine Study Update (single file, 1.3 MB)
- Pages 1 to 13 (662 KB)
- Pages 14 to 50 (745 KB)
Also of Interest to Neighborhood Residents
- Avon Hill Neighborhood Conservation District, administered by the Cambridge Historical Commission
- Concord-Alewife Planning Study. Completed 2005.
- Harvard University and Lesley University Town Gown Reports. Annual.
- Harvard Square Advisory Committee and other Harvard Square Links
- Harvard Square Design Project. See also DPW Construction Updates and Project Overview.
- Harvard Square Map (571 KB)
- Old Cambridge Historic District, administered by the Cambridge Historical Commission
- Porter Square and Lower Massachusetts Avenue Community Meetings. Completed 2005.
- Porter Square Design Project. See also DPW Project Overview.
- Porter Square Map (362 KB)
- Walden Street Bridge - DPW project. See DPW Project Overview and Construction Updates.
- Yerxa Road Underpass Project. See also DPW Project Overview. Completed 2006.
Neighborhood Organizations
The following list of neighborhood associations is solely offered as an aid the public. Please note that these organizations are independent of the City of Cambridge; any views and opinions they may express are strictly those of the neighborhood organization.
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Contact Neighborhood Planner
Neighborhood Planner: Elaine Thorne, ethorne@cambridgema.gov, 617/349-4648.
The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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