Harvard Square
Harvard Square’s Crimson Corner cheats death with new location
The publication and postcard vendor has been at the same intersection for 54 years, but the changes sweeping the square almost swept it away. Now it will ease just 400 or so feet down the road.
Cambridge to Harvard Square Theatre owner: Do something or it’s ours
The Cambridge City Council has given Gerald Chan, whose Morningside Group owns the Harvard Square Theatre, 30 days to come up with a plan for the long-shuttered site—or face losing it to the city.
Harvard Square townhouse looks like a treehouse for adults
Unit 6 at 36 Irving Street is a 1,465-square-foot townhouse in the grand Bell and Fandetti tradition—lots of wood, levels, and openness. It’s on sale now for nearly $1,000,000.
Cambridge doesn’t want to repeat Boston’s Filene’s site fiasco
The Cambridge City Council is considering forcing Gerald Chan, the billionaire landlord whose trust owns the Harvard Square Theatre at 10 Church Street, to either redevelop the property or give it up.
Harvard Square townhouse with five bedrooms asks $2M
Holy exposed brick! The 2,271-square-foot townhouse at 52 Kirkland Street in Cambridge also includes four fireplaces and a patio out back.
Big sale for book-tastic colonial revival in Cambridge
The 5,647-square-foot 190 Brattle Street dropped on the market in September through Coldwell Banker for $4,875,000. It included features such as a custom-built library, a 32-foot-long living room, and a 16-foot greenhouse on the wraparound deck.
Major Harvard Square redevelopment to get public airing
Equity One, the would-be re-developer of the string of Harvard Square buildings that contains the world’s only Curious George store as well as Urban Outfitters, is holding a public information session.
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Cambridge's 10 priciest home sales in 2016, mapped
The People's Republic is undoubtedly one of New England's most expensive housing markets (if not one of the nation's), so it's little surprise that the city's 10 priciest of 2016 start at $3,350,000 and go way up from there.
What will replace Harvard Square's kiosk? Sit tight
The Cambridge City Council earlier this week pushed back two key deadlines related to the fate of the iconic shed that currently houses Out-of-Town News.
Bell and Fandetti townhouse on sale in Cambridge
From 1973 to 1981, architects Doug Bell and Gerald Fandetti designed about 20 clusters of townhouses in Cambridge for a grand total of approximately 170. They were quirky and capacious, and, for the period at least, energy-efficient.
Harvard Square plan may croak Curious George store
The owner of a triangle of buildings at John F. Kennedy and Brattle streets in Cambridge plans to add two glassy floors to the properties to create a kind of contiguous shopping mall. Will housing be in the mix, though? The city certainly needs it.
A Cambridge contemporary colonial, post-renovation
Harvard Square’s 23 Banks Street just hit the sales market again after asking as much as $2,500,000 earlier this year. The airy spread features a fully finished lower level and touches such as Carrara-marble countertops.
Gorgeous Greek Revival in Harvard Square sells
The 5-BR, 4.5-BA house dates from 1838, and comes with flourishes such as Doric columns along the front porch, five fireplaces, and bow-front bay windows. It was on the market as of April for the first time in 50-plus years.
Kendall Square vs. Harvard Square on home prices
The price range right now for Harvard Square homes is much narrower than in fellow Cambridge academic hub Kendall Square. As for averages, Harvard has Kendall beat cold.
Cambridge's storied Irving Street has an opening
Bucolic lane has hosted Julia Child, e.e. cummings, Arthur Schlesinger, and other notables during the past several decades. The Colonial Revival now on sale includes five bedrooms, a finished basement, and a landscaped yard.
18-room Italianate mansion drops in Harvard Square
The 6,134-square-foot spread dates from the 1850s and last traded in 1998 for about $3,700,000 in today's money. It and its six fireplaces are asking a lot more this go-round.
Cambridge House Last of Its Kind Architecturally
The Loring-Pierce House at 6 Kirkland Place just off Harvard Square dates from 1856 and is done in the Second Empire style. The only residence left in Cambridge that local architect Horace Greenough designed, it's now on the market for more than $4M.
Cambridge Condo Sells for $1.1M Over Its Asking
Unit 1105 at 975 Memorial Drive had been on the market less than three weeks when it sold in a titanic deal that set a per-square-foot record for the city's condo market. The five-room spread has crystal-clear Charles River views and a parking space.
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Recently Redone Cultural Institutions in Boston
The Boston area has seen several notable museums undergo transformative renovations of late, never mind major work on the world's oldest commissioned battleship and New England's biggest aquarium.
Cambridge's Priciest Listing Is a Giant Condo
The 2,170-square-foot spread has itself only traded twice in the last 20 years: in July 1997 for $1,800,000 and January 2011 for $3,450,000. The 3-BR, 3.5-BA in the full-service building wants a ton more than that this go-round.
Cambridge Greek Revival for Sale for First Time in 50 Years
The 12-room house dates from 1838 and includes flourishes such as Doric columns along the porch, five fireplaces, and bow-front bays facing Follen. The tag is $3.2M, but properties along this drag tend to go for a lot more.
Cambridge's Priciest Home Sells Super Fast
The 4,364-square-foot Victorian at 32 Bowdoin Street in Cambridge dropped on March 30 for $4,250,000. That sum made the 10-room house, which was overhauled in 2010, the city's most expensive home on the market. It didn't stay that way for long.
Gorgeous Cambridge Vic Comes With Perfect Yoga Studio
The redone property at 44 Walker Street just north of Harvard Square includes a separate carriage house with a capacious loft that seems to scream, "Namaste!" There are also four fireplaces.
How Cambridge and Somerville House Prices Have Changed Since 2006
Kendall Square in particular saw a sharp rise.
How Cambridge and Somerville Condo Prices Have Changed Since 2006
Some areas have gotten a lot more expensive than others.
The 5 Cambridge Projects to Watch
These include Mass + Main, 88 Ames and Forbes Plaza.
$4M Brattle Street Colonial Lands Buyer
Gorgeous spread was first listing along tony drag since 2013.
