Community Preservation Act Committee meets June 7 to look at finances, process
A working meeting of the Community Preservation Act Committee will be held at 5:30 p.m. June 7.
Summerlong public art project shows off $6M renovation of Cambridge Common
The banners of “We Were Here” are part of a larger public art initiative titled “Common Exchange” designed to showcase the Cambridge Common’s recently completed $6 million renovations and to “celebrate the notion of connectivity and pathway making.”
Historical Commission has added calling: Preserving community during wider crisis
The commission should use its power to block the work of developer Equity One in Harvard Square, helping preserve our community while it grapples with larger political, economic and environmental challenges that are a part of its new reality.
Better than proposed ‘Harvard Collection’ for historic site: ‘Lost Harvard Collection’
Hearing gigantic developer Equity One talk of the glories that will be its 113th property – the “it’s not a mall” Harvard Collection, featuring national and international brands – we thought of a better collection to be housed in its “restoration.”
Community Preservation Act Committee meets July 28 for comments on funding
The Community Preservation Act Committee will meet at 6 p.m. July 28 to take public comment on allocations for projects to be funded with Community Preservation Act Funds.
Complexity of Metropolitan facility revamp slows opening as dorms, shifts MIT focus
Work has slowed on converting the massive, 121-year-old Metropolitan Moving & Storage warehouse into student residences and services and maker space with ground-floor retail.
With Forbes Plaza, Harvard compromised, Williamson reminded us of people power
The good news of a Harvard Square redesign reported early this month means belated congratulations and thanks are due Harvard University, the city’s Board of Zoning Appeal and a group of citizens led by activist James Williamson.
Community Preservation Act Committee meets Sept. 15 to allocate funding by vote
The Community Preservation Act Committee will meet at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 15 at City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Ave., Central Square, in the Ackermann Room.
MIT shutting down Metropolitan storage after 121 years to revamp for student uses (update)
Metropolitan Moving & Storage, the massive, fortresslike Massachusetts Avenue structure by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is closing after some 120 years in business.
City historical panel, conservation districts seek new member applications by Aug. 14
The city manager seeks to fill vacancies for members and alternates on the city Historical Commission and neighborhood conservation district commissions for Avon Hill, Half Crown-Marsh and Mid-Cambridge.
