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Riverside, also known as "Area 7", is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts bounded by Massachusetts Avenue on the east, River Street on the south, the Charles River on the west, and JFK Street on the north. In 2005 it had a population of 11,201 residents in 3,341 households, and the average household income was $40,753.
The park's namesake, a gunpowder magazine from 1818, is in the park. It is the oldest building in the Charles River Reservation. There was a swimming beach at the park in the early and mid 20th century, attracting about 60,000 swimmers in a season, [3] but swimming in the Charles River became dangerous due to pollution, and was forbidden in ...
Another riverside park was eliminated by the Museum of Science, which opened on the Charles River Dam Bridge in 1951. Around 1956–57, [6] additional ramps, referred to as the Cambridge Viaduct, [7] [8] were installed to double the capacity of Memorial Drive under the Longfellow Bridge. The ramps split the road into two carriageways, westbound ...
The portion of the reservation between the Charles River Dam and the Eliot Bridge is listed as a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. This includes the park in the Back Bay neighborhood of Boston known as the Esplanade. The Charles River above the Watertown Dam is managed as the Upper Charles River Reservation. [3]
Several Cambridge neighborhoods meet at Central Square. To the east, Area 4 lies on the north side of Massachusetts Avenue (aka "Mass Ave.") and Cambridgeport on the south side between Massachusetts Avenue and the Charles River. Both of these neighborhoods were once known as The Port or Old Port region of Cambridge.
The Cambridge Common Historic District is a historic district encompassing one of the oldest parts of Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is centered on the Cambridge Common , which was a center of civic activity in Cambridge after its founding in 1631.
Neighborhood and other Cambridge residents continued to refer to the area as the Port. [3] Community organizations petitioned the Cambridge City Manager, in 2003 and 2013, [5] to restore "The Port" as the official name of the Area 4 planning district [6] for official documentation. On October 19, 2015, after the process had commenced the March ...
The former site of Idylwild Park is on the Speed River in Cambridge. A portion, along the southern bank, is now a conservation area that is owned and managed by the GRCA. [6] [7] Riverside Park, Cambridge's largest park, is on the banks of the Speed River. [8] Linear Park, in Cambridge, lies at the confluence of the Speed and Grand rivers. [9]