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North Cambridge - Neighborhood 11
Neighborhood Description
North Cambridge, located at the northernmost part of the city bordering Somerville, Arlington, and Belmont, is a neighborhood of over eleven thousand residents living in housing types ranging from single and multi-family homes to large apartment buildings. Porter Square, at the southeastern corner of the neighborhood, is a main commercial and transit center with Red Line, commuter rail and bus stations. The main avenue through North Cambridge is Massachusetts Avenue, which extends from Porter Square to the Arlington border and features a variety of retail, office, and residential uses and types. At the western end of the neighborhood is the MBTA Alewife Red Line station and an adjacent office/industrial area along Cambridgepark Drive.
- Link to Neighborhood Map (1.5 MB, PDF format)
- Link to Neighborhood Statistics
2007 Neighborhood Study Update
The Community Development Department is in the process of updating the North Cambridge Neighborhood Study. The result will be the North Cambridge Neighborhood Study Update, Summary, Recommendations, and Action Plan. The updated report will include updated demographic information; describe new programs, policies, and services of the City; summarize the progress made on the recommendations of the original study; and establish new planning recommendations for the neighborhood based on public comments.
There was a public meeting on March 31st, 2007 at which city staff presented information on the progress made on the original North Cambridge Neighborhood Study recommendations, and residents, through small group discussions, were given the opportunity to talk about current planning issues and concerns in the neighborhood regarding land use and zoning, transportation, housing, economic development, and open space.
A second public meeting was held on June 12 to discuss new recommendations for North Cambridge based on public comments from the first public meeting regarding land use and zoning, transportation, housing, economic development, and open space, how these recommendations will be used and implemented, and to further discuss the next steps in the process.
Please check back on this site periodically for updated information.
These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- Draft North Cambridge Neighborhood Study Update Recommendations.
These draft recommendations for North Cambridge reflect comments and concerns expressed at the first North Cambridge Study Update public meeting in March. - Recommendations and Action Plan from Original North Cambridge Neighborhood Study (128 KB)
- March 31, 2007 Public Meeting Agenda
1990 North Cambridge Neighborhood Study
The North Cambridge neighborhood study was conducted from 1988 to 1989 and issued in 1990. These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- North Cambridge Neighborhood Study (single file, 8.4 MB)
- Pages 1 to 19 (1.1 MB)
- Pages 20 to 29 (591 KB)
- Pages 30 to 44 (863 KB)
- Pages 45 to 51 (368 KB)
- Pages 52 to 63 (953 KB)
- Pages 64 to 69 (406 KB)
- Pages 70 to 82 (1.4 MB)
- Pages 83 to 93 (543 KB)
- Pages 94 to 103 (357 KB)
- Pages 104 to 111 (163 KB)
- Pages 112 to 119 (243 KB)
- Pages 120 to 137 (1.1 MB)
- Pages 138 to 148 (408 KB)
Also of Interest to Neighborhood Residents
- Concord-Alewife Planning Study. Completed 2006.
- Lesley University Town Gown Report. Annual.
- Linear Park - Massachusetts Avenue Crossing
- North Massachusetts Avenue Urban Design Guidelines Handbook. Completed 1986.
- Porter Square and Lower Massachusetts Avenue Community Meetings. Completed 2005.
- Porter Square Design Project. See also DPW Project Overview. Completed 2006.
- Porter Square Map (362 KB)
- Russell Field Improvements. See also the DPW Construction Update for Russell Field. Completed 2006.
- Trolley Square Public Open Space
- The Trolley Square Committee examined potential uses for a site adjacent to the MBTA bus yard. Trolley Square is located on Massachusetts Avenue at the point where it crosses Linear Park.
- 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: Taha Jennings, tjennings@cambridgema.gov, 617/349-4603.
The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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