Harvard Square
Harvard Square gut-renovation asks nearly $2.3 million
The condo on a storied street that has hosted Julia Child and e.e. cummings, among other notables, has four bedrooms.
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Shingle on Cambridge’s famed Irving Street asks $4.8 million
The house that William Ralph Emerson designed at No. 110 includes six bedrooms and five bathrooms. And dig the fireplaces.
Harvard Square rowhouse a rare sales offering
Not too many single-families turn over in the Cambridge enclave. This nine-room one is asking just shy of $3 million.
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U.S. presidents in Greater Boston, from Washington to Obama
The current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue has never lived in the Boston area. But 12 of Donald Trump’s predecessors have.
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10 two-bedrooms for sale off the Red Line
These spreads in Cambridge, Boston, and Quincy each offer a fair amount of space as well as ready proximity to the T’s busiest line.
Cambridge apartment building replaces yet another parking lot
Units in the new four-story 1699 Massachusetts Avenue—the first sizable multifamily to go up between Harvard and Porter squares in decades—start at $3,000 a month.
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JFK in the Boston area: The ultimate map
John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917 in the family home in Brookline. From that moment, the 35th president's life was entwined with the Boston region.
The Boston area’s 10 most walkable neighborhoods
These enclaves include the North End, the South End, and Beacon Hill as well as bits of Cambridge and Somerville.
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The best things to do in the Boston area right now
Here’s a seasonal rundown of the 26 essential places that everyone should seek out should they want to understand what makes the Boston area tick.
The 7 Boston-area neighborhoods everyone should be watching
Kendall Square, downtown Boston, the South End, and others—these are the regional enclaves experiencing the most development-driven change as the calendar clicks over to fall.
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Boston’s immigrant past in 8 sites, mapped
These reminders include buildings, statues, and a famous Boston alleyway.
Shipping containers in Boston and Cambridge will host thousands of mini-concerts
Celebrity Series of Boston is organizing 5,000 brief shows on the Rose Kennedy Greenway and in front of Harvard’s Science Center.
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7 Boston-area spray parks near T stops, mapped
It’s one of the more reliable ways to cool off the kiddies: A spray park and/or wading pool. Some are easier to get to than others, though.
Big reveal: A two-bedroom halfway between Central and Harvard squares
A lot of readers nailed the correct asking for this condo—did you?
How much for a two-bedroom halfway between Central and Harvard squares?
The Cambridge condo also includes two full bathrooms. Take a look and then take your best guess re: the price.
What $700,000 buys around Cambridge now
Curbed Comparisons is a regular column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount in the Boston area. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out!
What $3,500 a month rents around Cambridge
Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a weekly column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount. Is one woman’s studio another woman’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today, the magic number is $3,500 a month in Cambridge.
Does Ayanna Pressley owe her historic win to that bus ad?
It’s impossible to say, of course, though the ad of her on the No. 1 from Harvard Square to Dudley Square was central to her ultimately successful message, one that leaned heavily on issues of income inequality and access to opportunity.
Harvard’s Smith Campus Center set to reopen in September after two years of renovations
The redone hub is meant to be more open and available to the surrounding neighborhood, including through more than 800 indoor and outdoor seats, chess tables (a staple of the pre-renovated Smith Center), and publicly available restrooms.
Lofty midcentury modern in Mid-Cambridge on sale for $1.35M
There’s plenty of light throughout the capacious space, which has three bathrooms and the potential for three bedrooms. The open floorplan is deliberate for the house that went up in 1980.
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Cambridge open house tour: 6 options for under $800,000
The recently listed numbers in this weekend’s house tour range from a rare Round Building selection to ones in quintessential brick buildings with classic details.
A new plan for the Harvard Square Theatre site calls for offices and an LED-enabled facade
The Cambridge property has been shuttered since 2012. The newest details come courtesy of an owner whom local officials have pressured to do something with the gaping space.
Artists plan Harvard Square music fest protest over recent evictions in Central Square
The battle over the EMF Building at 120 Brookline Street has taken a turn as musicians displaced from the property and their supporters vow a protest of a June 16 event in nearby Harvard Square.
Big reveal: A Mid-Cambridge two-bedroom that needs a little work
A full 29 percent of Curbed Boston readers nailed the correct asking for this two-bedroom, one-bathroom condo. More PriceSpotter results this way ...
How much for a Mid-Cambridge two-bedroom that needs a little work?
The listing for this unit in Harvard Square’s orbit is quite frank. It warns that the spread might need some renovation, and that it can otherwise be rented out.
Harvard Square’s protected bike lanes will remain, though design tweaks are possible
That was the message coming out of a Cambridge City Council meeting earlier this week, where the pros and cons of the 1.25 miles of lane were debated at length.
Firm that paid $108M for Harvard Square buildings has no plans to redevelop them
The properties at 1-8 and 17-41A Brattle Street are right off the Red Line and house stores such as Black Ink, Cardullo’s, the Gap, and the Harvard Coop.
Curbed Cup 1st round: (6) Harvard Square vs. (11) Fenway
Here’s how the annual Curbed Cup works: We present two matchups a day during the first round. Polls stay open 24 hours for each one. The biggest vote-getter in each matchup advances to the second round. And so on.
Gloves come off in Cambridge bike-lane battle
Residents and business owners upset over the city’s recent installation of protected routes in the Harvard Square area have vowed to take over citywide transportation planning via a grassroots movement.
Harvard Square properties skewing Cambridge condo prices higher
The average asking price for market-rate Cambridge condos in mid-October was $756 a square foot, according to a new analysis. Harvard Square listings are responsible for much of that figure.
Harvard Square changes continue unabated as city signs off on new merchants
An &pizza pizzeria will open with a Milk Bar bakery in 1-8 Brattle Street. It’s but the latest change in a slew of changes in one of the Boston region’s most rapidly evolving areas.
Harvard Law School plaque acknowledges slavery’s role in institution’s history
The school has installed a plaque in its main plaza that acknowledges the role of slavery in its establishment. The move is the latest that the nation’s oldest university has undertaken to mark slavery’s place in its success.
New Cambridge contemporary runs to four floors and six bedrooms
The 4,800-square-foot 35 Willard Street went up just this year and is on the market for $4.4 million. That tag makes it far and away one of the most expensive homes for sale in Cambridge.
Is Harvard Square as we know it doomed?
Two large buildings in the Cambridge area could go up for sale before Labor Day, presaging further changes in the already rapidly changing square that include major redevelopments and turnover.
Episcopal Divinity School’s Harvard Square sale hits a serious snag (updated)
The news that the school was shopping its 8-acre campus dropped like a thunderclap in late May. Given its location alone, never mind the size, it appeared the parcel had the potential to be one of the Boston region’s most important sales in living memory. Here’s the thing, though.
Vaulted ceilings, skylights make this Cambridge contemporary
The eight-room, 1,719-square-foot Unit 2 at 9 Magnolia Avenue just east of Harvard Square is in a building that dates from 1903. The duplex spread looks quite shiny and new, though.
Wood-burning fireplace, private garage fill out Harvard Square colonial
The attached spread also includes four bedrooms and three full baths as well as access to outdoor space such as a courtyard. Altogether, it’s an amount of space rarely available in that area of Cambridge.
Big changes proposed for Cambridge’s Harvard Square Theatre
About three months ago, it looked like billionaire investor Gerald Chan would lose the long-shuttered Harvard Square Theatre in the similarly named Cambridge neighborhood to eminent domain. Forget that.
Episcopal Divinity School selling 8-acre campus in Harvard Square
Because of its location, the property, which includes more than a dozen buildings, will instantly become one of the biggest and most well-positioned commercial listings in the entire Boston region. Don’t get out your checkbook just yet, though.