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.
How a smart city makes dumb environmental choices
Cambridge is providing a textbook example of how a wealthy, progressive community can commit environmental suicide despite having Green Roof Zoning, a Tree Protection Ordinance and an Urban Forest Master Plan.
Throw some shade Cambridge’s way
It may be that one of the healthiest places you could live in Cambridge is filled with dead people, as Mount Auburn Cemetery’s roughly 5,000 trees provide the kind of canopy that is sorely lacking in most of the city.
Attend meetings on a condo conversion law, after-school programs, Harvard dining, more
Public meetings this week look at a condo conversion, closing Central Square to car traffic – along with four topics delayed from last week – as well as hiring the next city manager, ensuring after-school programming for the fall and adding Summer Shack and Bar-Enza to Harvard Square’s dining mix.
Save more of the big trees at Tobin VLUS
Cambridge likes to set an example for climate change resilience and preparation for other cities to follow. Unnecessary tree removal is not the one we want to set.
Transform a golf course into a people’s park
Nothing against golf, but this is a matter of equity. The numbers tell the story: 50 acres reserved for the use of 8,000 people with 44,000 annual visitations; 10 acres reserved for the use of the general public with 500,000 visitations.
Historical Society’s butterfly lawn installation: Sweet remembrance of people we lost to Covid
A Cambridge Historical Society installation marks a year of Covid-19 simply, somberly and sweetly.
Candidates for Tobin and Vassal project public art will take public’s questions and ideas Wednesday
The four finalists for public art planned for the new Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex will take questions and comments, thoughts and ideas at a 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday virtual meeting.
The Hungry Urbanist goes to the new Formaggio
The new Formaggio is much bigger and brighter than the old, with more and bigger piles and displays of wonderful things to eat. And radicchio at a price you may have never seen.
Daily Table vs. Formaggio? Comparing prices among staples brings results you might expect
Formaggio Kitchen opened its (re)located Huron Village shop Monday, a sparkling space that offers the amenities of the original site and more. Does it make good on fulfilling the gap left by the Fresh Pond Market it replaced?
