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Harvard Square Advisory Committee and Related Activities
Harvard Square Advisory Committee
The Harvard Square Advisory Committee is appointed by the City Manager to undertake all large project reviews and to receive all applications for variances and special permits for activities within the Harvard Square Overlay District. The Committee meets as needed, on an irregular basis.
To
learn the location of the Harvard Square Overlay District go to the Zoning Overlay Districts
Map.
Advisory Committee Members
- Willis Bibbins
- Sheldon Cohen
- John DiGiovanni
- Gladys Gifford
- Frank Kramer
- Hugh Russell
- Alexandra Offiong
- Mary Webb
Advisory Committee Meeting Dates, Agendas and Meeting Minutes
No meeting dates are currently planned. Please check back here for agendas prior to meetings and meeting minutes to be posted following meetings.
Harvard
Square Advisory Committee meetings are also listed on the citywide Calendar
of Events.
For More Information about the Harvard Square Advisory Committee
For more information about the Harvard square Advisory Committee, please contact Les Barber at 617/349-4657. The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
Harvard Square Documents
These files are in PDF format and require use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.
- Draft Harvard Square Development Guidelines. The Draft Harvard Square Development Guidelines are intended to help guide future incremental growth and change in the Harvard Square Overlay District, both as new buildings are constructed and old buildings are adapted and changed to accommodate new uses and changing fashions.
- Harvard Square Design Project - completed 2008.
- Map of Harvard Square (571 KB)
Harvard Square Conservation District and Neighborhood Conservation Districts
The Harvard Square Conservation District is administered by the Cambridge Historic Commission. Neighborhood conservation districts, or NCDs, recognize the particular design qualities of distinctive neighborhoods and encourage their protection and maintenance. NCDs located in or near the Harvard Square Overlay District include the Half Crown-Marsh Neighborhood Conservation District and the Mid-Cambridge Neighborhood Conservation District.
To contact the Cambridge Historic Commission call 617/349-4683.
Neighborhood Organizations
The list of neighborhood associations, which includes information about the Harvard Square Defense Fund, 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 organization.
Go
To List of Neighborhood Organizations
For More Information
Unless otherwise noted, for more information about any activity involving Harvard Square, contact Roger Boothe, Director of Urban Design, rboothe@cambridgema.gov, at 617/349-4646. For copies of the Harvard Square Development Guidelines, please contact Tracey Joyce, Administrative Assistant, tjoyce@cambridgema.gov, 617/349-4651.
The Community Development Department TTY line is 617/349-4621.
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