Posts Tagged ‘Strawberry Hill’
Corcoran Park plans take into account floods and sinkholes from 10,000-year-old Great Marsh
By Jen Craft, 2026 The Cambridge Housing Authority is moving toward a significant milestone. After clearing major zoning hurdles this year, the city is preparing to begin Phase 1 demolition and reconstruction of the 153-unit Corcoran Park affordable housing complex in Strawberry Hill. This isn’t a standard modernization project. The CHA isn’t simply upgrading old…
Read More“Great Marsh” to Little League: A Century at Glacken Field
By Jen Craft, 2026 Little League players cheered on by parents and coaches. Toddlers splashing in the fountains. Elementary schoolers climbing playground structures. Dogs leading their owners to favorite sniff spots. All are modern-day images of neighborhood life at Strawberry Hill’s beloved Glacken Field and Playground. A little over a century ago, this recreational area…
Read MoreWhat is in a name? The origins of Cambridge Public Elementary Schools’ Nomenclature
The Cambridge Public Schools website lists four early childhood education programs, twelve elementary schools, five upper schools, and three high schools. Each of these schools has its own rich history of how it came to be what and where it is today. Below, we will explore the origins of the names of Cambridge’s twelve elementary schools.
Read More“The Absolute Majority of the Population”: Women in Twentieth-Century Cambridge
This article was originally published as a chapter in Cambridge in the Twentieth Century, edited by Daphne Abeel, Cambridge Historical Society, 2007. Inspired by Cambridge Historical Society’s 2020 theme—Who are Cambridge Women?—the author, Eva Moseley, has reviewed the manuscript and made a few updates which are noted in the text that follows. “The Absolute Majority…
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