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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.