Attend meetings on buying university property, affordable-housing zoning, wine bar and more
Public meetings this week look at changing recently passed Affordable Housing Overlay zoning, buying Lesley University property, campaign finance reform, permitting for an arts and lab building in Kendall Square, the fate of Temple Bar and more.
Fix the traffic circle at New Street and Concord before a bicyclist or pedestrian is seriously hurt
After my bike commute this morning I was left wondering if I needed to die before the city does something about the traffic circle at New Street and Concord Avenue in front of Sozio Appliances.
Attend meetings as sweet as a new Ben & Jerry’s and as serious as hiking real estate ‘linkage’ fees
Public meetings this week look at a big leap proposed for real estate fees that build affordable housing, “green new deal” zoning for Cambridge, a condominium conversion law and bubble tea and a relocated Ben & Jerry’s for Porter Square.
Another bubble tea shop prepares space in Porter, planning to open steps from possible competitor
Porter Square is looking suddenly like a bubble tea hot spot. After years with the only options being inside Lesley University’s building or as part of a sit-down meal, a former kids art studio has been cleared out to make room for what could be the area’s third storefront boba tea seller.
Bread & Puppet returns, bringing 1970s with it, for ‘Our Domestic Resurrection Circus’ show
It will feel almost pre-pandemic Saturday as Harvard Square’s Club Passim holds its campfire. music festival and Vermont’s Bread & Puppet Theater makes its annual pilgrimage for a Cambridge performance – though that can make it feel so pre-pandemic that it may seem like the early 1970s again.
Bubble tea makers plan to open by Porter Square, following the arrival of Little Bake’s boba in July
The people behind OneZo, a bubble tea place out of Malden, say they plan to take over the Joie de Vivre gift shop space near Porter Square.
Destination Mexican restaurant Jose’s will close, but seeks a new home after final meal in August
Jose’s Mexican Restaurant management says the restaurant is closing at the end of August after more than 20 years on Sherman Street.
Friends and family left grieving after violence have an invitation to a Saturday event in park
An event for the loved ones of Cambridge homicide and suicide, abuse and bullying victims has been scheduled from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday in Danehy Park, in Neighborhood 9.
No ‘mystery’ behind three closed restaurants, despite hundreds of inquiries, an owner says
Grafton Street and Park will reopen in the fall, and information on Temple Bar will be available “soon,” said a member of their Grafton Group ownership – a message delivered to “hundreds” of people individually instead of being publicized.
Project adding sidewalks and bike lanes to Huron wins MassDOT funds, as does Bluebikes growth
The state’s Department of Transportation awarded Cambridge nearly $600,000 on Wednesday to improve bike and pedestrian facilities, earmarked for a 10-foot, two-way separated bike lane and sidewalk on Huron Avenue and two new Bluebikes stations near Raymond Park and Old Morse Park.
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