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CAMBRIDGE, MA



Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts. It was named in honor of the University of Cambridge in England. Cambridge is most famous for the two prominent universities that call it home: Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As of the 2000 census, the city population was a little over 100,000. It is the fifth most populous city in the state.

With over 100,000 people located in a 6.5 square mile area, Cambridge is a unique community with a strong mix of cultural and social diversity, intellectual vitality and technological innovation.

Cambridge was established in 1630 as the town of Newetowne. Located at the first convenient Charles River crossing west of Boston, Newetowne was one of a number of towns founded by the 700 original Puritan colonists of the Massachusetts Bay Colony under governor John Winthrop. The original village site is in the heart of today's Harvard Square. The marketplace where farmers brought in crops to sell from surrounding towns survives today as the small park at the corner of J.F.K. and Winthrop Streets, then at the edge of a salt marsh, since filled.

Cambridge is noted for its diverse population, both racially and economically. Residents, known as Cantabrigians, range from affluent MIT and Harvard professors to working-class families to immigrants.

These include:
  • Kendall Square - Most of Cambridge's large office towers are located here, giving the area somewhat of an office park feel.
  • Central Square - This is perhaps the closest thing Cambridge has to a downtown, and is well-known for its wide variety of ethnic restaurants.
  • Harvard Square - This is the site of Harvard University, the oldest university in the United States and is a major Cambridge shopping area (although not as exclusively so as in years past). The Harvard Square area includes Brattle Square and Eliot Square.
  • Porter Square - One prominent feature of the Porter Square skyline is the tower on the Art Deco-style Porter Exchange building, which was a Sears from 1928 to 1985.
  • Inman Square - Inman Square is home to comedy club ImprovBoston, as well as many diverse restaurants, bars and boutiques.
  • Lechmere Square - The area is now best known for the CambridgeSide Galleria, one of the few full-fledged interior shopping malls within the city limits of Boston and Cambridge.

The residential neighborhoods in Cambridge border, but are not defined by the squares.

Cambridge is host to many public and private schools serving the children of Cambridge. Cambridge's public schools are operated by Cambridge Public Schools.[10] The public high schools in Cambridge are Cambridge Rindge and Latin (also known as CRLS) and Prospect Hill Academy Charter School whose middle and high schools are in Central Square.

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Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts
 

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