25 Facts About Cambridge Massachusetts

Kendall Square in Cambridge Massachusetts has been called "the most innovative square mile on the planet" owing to the high concentration of successful startups that have emerged in the vicinity of the square since 2010.

Cambridge Massachusetts grew slowly as an agricultural village eight miles by road from Boston, the colony's capital.

Between 1790 and 1840, Cambridge Massachusetts grew rapidly, with the construction of the West Boston Bridge in 1792 connecting Cambridge Massachusetts directly to Boston, so that it was no longer necessary to travel eight miles through the Boston Neck, Roxbury, and Brookline to cross the Charles River.

Cambridge Massachusetts-based VisiCorp made the first spreadsheet software for personal computers, Visicalc, and helped propel the Apple II to major consumer success.

Cambridge Massachusetts has been a sanctuary city since 1985 and reaffirmed its status as such in 2006.

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Cambridge Massachusetts has been called the "City of Squares", as most of its commercial districts are major street intersections known as squares.

Cambridge Massachusetts has been ranked as one of the most liberal cities in America.

Proximity of Cambridge Massachusetts's universities has made the city a center for nonprofit groups and think tanks, including the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Cultural Survival, and One Laptop per Child.

Cambridge Massachusetts has a large and varied collection of permanent public art, on both city property and the Harvard and MIT campuses.

Beyond its colleges and universities, Cambridge Massachusetts has many music venues, including The Middle East, Club Passim, The Plough and Stars, The Lizard Lounge and the Nameless Coffeehouse.

Cambridge Massachusetts was a county seat of Middlesex County, along with Lowell, until the abolition of county government.

Cambridge Massachusetts is perhaps best known as an academic and intellectual center.

Cambridge Massachusetts has three district public high school programs, the principal one being Cambridge Massachusetts Rindge and Latin School.

Cambridge Massachusetts is served by the Cambridge Massachusetts Chronicle, the oldest surviving weekly paper in the United States.

Cambridge Massachusetts is home to the following commercially licensed and student-run radio stations:.

In October 2016, the City of Cambridge Massachusetts announced that, owing to drought conditions, they would begin buying water from the MWRA.

On January 3, 2017, Cambridge Massachusetts announced that "As a result of continued rainfall each month since October 2016, we have been able to significantly reduce the need to use MWRA water.

Several major roads lead to Cambridge Massachusetts, including Route 2, Route 16, and the McGrath Highway.

The Charles River forms the southern border of Cambridge Massachusetts and is crossed by 11 bridges connecting Cambridge Massachusetts to Boston, including the Longfellow Bridge and the Harvard Bridge, eight of which are open to motorized road traffic.

Cambridge Massachusetts has an irregular street network because many of the roads date from the colonial era.

Cambridge Massachusetts has several bike paths, including one along the Charles River, and the Linear Park connecting the Minuteman Bikeway at Alewife with the Somerville Community Path.

Boston has since then followed the example of Cambridge Massachusetts and made considerable efforts to improve bicycling safety and convenience.

The LivableStreets Alliance, headquartered in Cambridge Massachusetts, is an advocacy group for bicyclists, pedestrians, and walkable neighborhoods.

In 2000, among US cities with more than 100, 000 residents, Cambridge Massachusetts had the highest percentage of commuters who walked to work.

City of Cambridge Massachusetts receives emergency medical services from PRO EMS, a privately contracted ambulance service.

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