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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.

Click link to Follow this link for the date, time and place of upcoming meetings.

Click link toTo learn the location of the Harvard Square Overlay District go to the Zoning Overlay Districts Map.

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Draft Harvard Square Design 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.

This file is in PDF format and requires use of the free Adobe Acrobat viewer.

Click link toDraft Harvard Square Development Guidelines.

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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.

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Harvard Square Design Project

The Harvard Square Design Project is overseeing transportation, landscaping, and lighting improvements throughout the square. Construction is expected to continue until 2008. For more information about the Harvard Square Design Project, call Kathy Watkins at DPW, kwatkins@cambridgema.gov, 617/349-4751.

Click link toFor more information go to the Department of Public Works Construction Information page.

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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.

Click link toGo To List of Neighborhood Organizations

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For More Information

Click link toMap of Harvard Square (571 KB)

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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