Neighborhood 9 is host to former Gallows Hill; Look for a dead end once leading to a deadly end
Unless you have a parking space in Stone Court, chances are you have driven right past it without noticing. In olden times you would have shuddered as you passed – because then it was known as “The Way to Gallows Hill.”
Cambridge had its own little Suez Canal crises back when Cambridgeport was still The Port
An early 20th century photograph of the schooner Henry Endicott heading up the Charles River toward the Broad Canal stands as evidence that there was a time when the “port” in “Cambridgeport” had real meaning.
There was a sylvan reservoir stocked for fishers as space went from a bleachery to a playground
A look today at Sacramento Field in the Baldwin neighborhood would show no hint of a pool – let alone of the grape-arbored reservoir for the Middlesex Bleachery, stocked with fish for anglers, that occupied the site some 70 years ago
The mystery of Huron Avenue is more basic than you might guess
Cambridge’s streets have histories and stories, just as the city itself does. Among those stories, Huron Avenue is one of the richest – but one with a bit of mystery.
