Posts Tagged ‘Central Square’
May 17: Main Street Ideas and Innovators Tour
“Main Street Ideas and Innovators” Guided TourWith Karen Weintraub and Michael KuchtaSaturday, May 17, 2025 2-3:30 pmFree; registration required Meet outside the new inbound entrance to the Kendall Square MBTA station (next to the Ripple Cafe at 314 Main Street)Limited space availableWeather date: Sunday, May 18 at 2 pm About the tour This guided tour…
Read MoreDr. Martin Luther King’s visits to Cambridge highlight evolution of the Civil Rights Movement
By Beth Folsom, 2025 On this Martin Luther King Day, we celebrate the work and legacy of King in the nonviolent pursuit of full civil rights and legal equality for Black Americans. But the goals, rhetoric and methods of the Civil Rights Movement were not static and, in fact, evolved considerably during the 1950s and…
Read MoreJanuary 23: History Hang
Thursday, January 236-8 pmThe Phoenix Landing512 Massachusetts Avenue (Central Square)Free; just show up! Join us for a meet-up at one of Central Square’s coziest watering holes, The Pheonix Landing. Look for our Board President, Amy. She’ll be wearing her History Cambridge t-shirt! Questions? Email us info@historycambridge.org
Read MoreLGBTQ+ History Hub
This hub is a work in progress. Have some resources to add? Let us know! In This Hub Introduction Cambridge is a well-known leader in LGBTQ+ rights. The city was first in Massachusetts to perform gender-affirming surgery in 1972, and in 2004 it became first in the country to grant same-sex marriage licenses. City government…
Read MoreIn Marcine Karon’s lifetime, there was little need to leave Central, and Harvard was another world
Marcine Karon, 96, looks back contentedly on a life in Cambridgeport and says she wouldn’t have wanted to spend her life anywhere else.
Read MoreIndia Pavilion
Compiled by Deb Mandel, 2022 Years 1979 – present Location 17 Central Square, Western Ave. Website: https://indiapavilion.com/ History Indian food in New England was born here. In 1979, Mohan Singh bought a Central Square pizza house and turned it into an Indian restaurant – something not found anywhere else in Boston at the time. Not…
Read MoreSimeone’s
Compiled by Deb Mandel, 2022 Years 1949-1976 Locations 41 Pearl St. (1946-1949) 21 Brookline St. (1949-1976) History Simeone’s, whose motto was, “choice foods skillfully prepared served promptly and courteously,” opened on February 24, 1949 on Brookline street in Central Square, after moving from its original 60-seat 41 Pearl St. location. Its menu included pizza, popular…
Read MoreCambridge Community Television
Cambridge Community Television nurtures a strong, equitable and diverse community by providing tools and training to foster free speech, civic engagement, and creative expression while connecting people to collaboratively produce media that is responsive, relevant, and effective in a fast-changing technological environment. CCTV has archival film and video footage of Cambridge dating back to the…
Read MoreGuided Tour: Food and Mending in Central Square
As a source of both physical and emotional sustenance, food is intricately tied to our survival as individuals and as a community. During the twentieth century, food also played an important role as a means by which Cambridge visitors and residents could learn about and connect with their neighbors across racial, ethnic and class lines.…
Read MoreSelf-Guided Tours: Mapping Feminist Cambridge
Produced by the Cambridge Commission on the Status of Women, these tours highlight feminist, socialist, and educational institutions that emerged and thrived in Cambridge. Two tours are offered: Inman Square Central Square
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