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Wellington-Harrington - Neighborhood 3

Neighborhood Description
Link to Neighborhood Map (880 KB, PDF format)
Link to Neighborhood Statistics
Wellington-Harrington Neighborhood Study and Update
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Neighborhood Description

Wellington-Harrington , bounded by Somerville to the north, Boston & Albany Railroad to the east and Hampshire Road to the south, is a small, high-density residential neighborhood with around seven thousand residents. It has the second-highest average population density of all neighborhoods in Cambridge. The major commercial areas in Wellington-Harrington include Inman Square, which is at one corner of the neighborhood, and Cambridge Street, which lies along one edge. At one corner of the neighborhood is the One Kendall Square complex, which includes high-tech offices and labs as well as restaurants, stores, and a cinema.

Link to Neighborhood Map (880 KB, PDF format)
Link to Neighborhood Statistics

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Wellington-Harrington Neighborhood Study and Update

The original neighborhood study was conducted in 1992 and issued in 1996.This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.

Wellington-Harrington Neighborhood Study Report (594 KB)

In 2003, the Community Development Department began updating the Wellington-Harrington Neighborhood Study, holding a series of three meetings with neighborhood residents. At these forums Department staff reviewed changes that have occurred in the neighborhood since 1996, and residents offered recommendations to improve the way that the City addresses a variety of issues. In addition, the neighborhood planning staff has reviewed the status of recommendations from the original study.

In 2005 the Department published the Wellington-Harrington Neighborhood Study Neighborhood Study Update: Summary, Recommendations, and Action Plan, which reviews the discussions at the neighborhood meetings, describes recommendations proposed there, and updates the status of recommendations from the 1996 study. These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.