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The City of Cambridge invites the public to tell us their thoughts about proposed Carl Barron Plaza design concepts. The City is redesigning and reconstructing the plaza at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and River Street in front of Cambridge Savings Bank and Amazon storefronts in the Holmes Building. This design and construction is being done together with the River Street Reconstruction project. The vision is for Carl Barron Plaza to be a central public plaza and space for all users. The City created the plaza design concepts over the past two years using public feedback from three public meetings, outreach to stakeholders, online surveys and comment maps, and through a stakeholder working group.
With materials posted on a project webpage, including a video presentation and comment form, the public can:
View the Carl Barron Plaza design concept, the large pedestrian plaza at the heart of Central Square
Provide comments and questions about the design concept
The public’s comments will help the project team refine the plaza concept designs. City staff expect to present final designs in early fall 2021 at a public meeting and begin construction in late 2021. Click here to watch the project video presentation.
Image: Rendering of Carl Barron Plaza design concept. Facing Holmes Building from intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and River Street. Cambridge Savings Bank and Amazon storefronts are visible.
After you visit the project webpage and view the video, you can also ask your questions at a Q&A Public Information Session on Tuesday, June 22 at 5:30 PM. This Q&A session will be focused on hearing your questions so you can learn about the Carl Barron Plaza concept designs. If you’ve visited the project webpage, we invite you to submit your questions before the Q&A Public Information Session by sending an e-mail to RiverStreet@CambridgeMA.gov. We’ll also be responding to questions in the Q&A panel of our virtual meeting room.
Register for the Q&A Public Information Session
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