Neighborhoods
First settled in 1630 by English Puritans, Cambridge developed as an agricultural town and was not really convenient to Boston until bridges were built over the Charles River in 1793 and 1809. The latter of these opened up East Cambridge for industrial development led by furniture and glass factories. A major influx of penniless Irish immigrants fleeing the potato blight in 1845 increased the Irish population to 22 per cent in the next ten years. Toward the end of that century they were followed by immigrants from Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Germany. French Canadians and Russian Jews also came at this time. A small African American population had been growing from colonial times, attracted by the integrated schools.
The result today is a highly diverse population augmented and further diversified by brilliant men and women drawn to Cambridge over the years by Harvard, Radcliffe and M.I.T., and, in recent years, by the local high technology companies. “Cantabrigians” (from the city’s Latin name, Cantabrigia) are regarded as progressive and tolerant. Decline of the industrial base in the early 1900s led Cambridge to become an intellectual center. Universities are the major employers, but cutting edge companies in information technology and biotechnology such as Akamai Technologies, Genzyme, Biogen Idec, and Novartis are located adjacent to the MIT campus in the Kendall Square area.
Cambridge now advertises itself as “a city where counter-culture still lives, classic culture thrives, and multicultural is a way of life.” “Boston’s Left Bank: A little funkier, a little spunkier and definitely spicier than Boston.”
Cambridge Real Estate New Listings:
286 River Street Unit 1 Cambridge
Listing Price: $395000
MLS #: 71130792
Square Feet: 1222 sqft
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
286 River Street Unit 2 Cambridge
Listing Price: $395000
MLS #: 71130793
Square Feet: 1222 sqft
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
286 River Street Unit 3 Cambridge
Listing Price: $395000
MLS #: 71130794
Square Feet: 1222 sqft
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
764 Cambridge St Unit 7 Cambridge
Listing Price: $270000
MLS #: 71130900
Square Feet: 655 sqft
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 1
170 Gore St Unit 104 Cambridge
Listing Price: $398000
MLS #: 71130988
Square Feet: 952 sqft
Bedrooms: 2
Bathrooms: 2
3 Cornelius Way Cambridge
Listing Price: $465000
MLS #: 71131082
Square Feet: 1296 sqft
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 1
35 Lee St Unit 14 Cambridge
Listing Price: $302500
MLS #: 71130579
Square Feet: 575 sqft
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
151-153 Dudley Unit 1 Cambridge
Listing Price: $239777
MLS #: 71129781
Square Feet: 850 sqft
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
23 Putnam Ave Unit 23 Cambridge
Listing Price: $995000
MLS #: 71128516
Square Feet: 2173 sqft
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
29 Concord Ave Unit 105 Cambridge
Listing Price: $229000
MLS #: 71129375
Square Feet: 464 sqft
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
