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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.
Follow this link for the date, time and place of upcoming meetings.
To
learn the location of the Harvard Square Overlay District go to the Zoning Overlay Districts
Map.
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.
Draft
Harvard Square Development Guidelines.
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.
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.
For
more information go
to the Department of Public Works Construction
Information page.
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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To List of Neighborhood Organizations
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Map
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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