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This page is intended to aid in your further research of topics including historic preservation, architecture, Cambridge and Massachusetts history, genealogy, and sustainability for older buildings.

The City of Cambridge announced today that The Foundry building has received two new prestigious awards. Over the last week, The Foundry was recognized with a 2023 Built Design Excellence Award for Adaptive Reuse from the Boston Society for Architecture (BSA) and a 2023 Brick in Architecture Best in Class Award for Historic Renovation from the Brick Industry Association (BIA).

Cambridge Arts Public Art Commission Monthly Meeting

Sustainable development and greening of Cambridge’s affordable housing stock.

The City of Cambridge and BlocPower announced a new pilot partnership to help multifamily buildings upgrade with energy efficiency, rooftop solar, and more comfortable, all-electric heating, cooling, and hot water systems. Supporting buildings in completing such upgrades is an important step in achieving the goals of Cambridge’s Net Zero Action Plan, including the city’s commitment to carbon neutrality by 2050.

City of Cambridge page dedicated to projects illuminating the history and presence of Native Peoples in Cambridge, starting with the Indigenous language street signs in the East Cambridge neighborhood.

Updated ARPA Allocation and Expense Summary from November 10, 2023

Learn more about how Cambridge participates in transit planning and the MBTA.

Sustainability initiatives the DPW is taking to support the City's goals of energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions.

Meeting minutes of the Cambridge Historical Commission meeting held January 4, 2024