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  Porter Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Porter Square is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts in the USA, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares.
Porter Square was named for the now-vanished Porter House Hotel, operated by Zachariah B. Porter, who also left his name to the hotel's specialty, the cut of steak now known as the porterhouse.
The square was an important center for commerce and light industry as early as the late 18th century, though it began a period of gradual decline during the Great Depression as residents began moving to more rural areas.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Porter_Square   (354 words)

  
 Lesley University : Lesley Magazine: Features   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Although Porter Exchange was built in the 1920s, it is part of the Porter Square community history dating back more than two centuries to the early years of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
When Harvard Square was growing as an academic community, Porter Square was already an important business center.
Porter Square development was further spurred by the introduction of the railroad in the 1840s, which by the end of the century had its first electric cars.
www.lesley.edu /news/publications/magazine/archive_issues/features_porter.html   (1131 words)

  
 TEP: Begin Your Journey   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Central Square: Located midway between the campuses of Harvard and MIT, just one stop from Harvard Square on the Red Line of the subway (known as the T), Central Square is an interesting mix of the neighborhood and the international.
Kendall Square: Perched at the mouth of the Charles River near MIT, Kendall Square is a center of the local high-tech industry.
Porter Square: Porter Square, the next stop up the Red Line from Harvard Square heading towards Somerville and Davis Square, is a quiet neighborhood close to necessities like Shaw's Supermarket, video stores, and Tag's Hardware Store in the shopping center and to great food and local music along Massachusetts Avenue.
www.gse.harvard.edu /~tep/begin/neighborhood.html   (742 words)

  
 Out of Harvard, with designs on Porter Square - The Boston Globe - Boston.com - Mass. - News
He is the recent winner of a competition to design a portion of the Salt Lake City Salt Palace Convention Center, and is currently a finalist in a competition to create a memorial for the victims of American Airlines Flight 587 that crashed in Queens, New York, in November 2001.
In the Porter Square plan, besides the artful new face of the plaza, surface improvements underway will increase pedestrian and bicycle safety in an area long challenged with traffic issues.
The scene is a familiar one at the complicated intersection in front of the Red Line T stop, where bikers and pedestrians daily grasp for their safety amid the rush of traffic.
www.boston.com /news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/07/31/out_of_harvard_with_designs_on_porter_square   (927 words)

  
 BBC - Nottingham Features - Gustafson Porter 'Square Design'
The Old Market Square is the city's guardian space, a safe haven, a place to regain energy, wait and meet friends, be diverted momentarily from one's daily routines and to experience spectacular and well organised civic and cultural events.
A dynamic channel of water enters the square from Chapel Bar leading visitors to the Water Terraces at the north west end of the square.
Memory and Culture - we recognise the original reason for the square's existence by enabling it to be used as a market place, both during the day and in the evenings to reflect current lifestyles.
www.bbc.co.uk /nottingham/features/2004/03/old_market_square_designs_gustafson_porter.shtml   (741 words)

  
 HistoricalInformation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Square Columbus married Mary Tull to this union was one son
Although, William Porter reportedly was given 300 acres of land by his mother, there were so many children that when it was divided up each child received around 30 acres.
The fact is that his last child, Square Porter, was born in 1869 would lend support that he may have died in 1868 just before the birth of Square Porter.
www.portersofpelham.homestead.com /HistoricalInformation.html   (633 words)

  
 PORTER SQUARE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Years ago, Porter Square was a haven for the meat industry in America, now it has become a beautiful area to shop, eat, or just wander.
Arriving in the Square from the Red Line via the newly built Porter Square "T" stop is a pleasure itself.
The Porter Square Station is architecturally interesting with the longest escalator in any subway station in the city, and plenty of beautiful urban art to view.
www.ai.mit.edu /projects/iiip/Cambridge/mapsites/sporter.html   (194 words)

  
 Porter Sq Design Project - Cambridge Massachusetts
In the spring of 1998 the Committee came to consensus on a plan for the reconfiguration of Porter Square that was a basis for the final roadway design.
The Porter Square Citizen Advisory Committee was reconvened in the fall of 2002 to assist the City of Cambridge in the final design phase of the reconstruction of Porter Square.
Members of the Porter Square Citizen Advisory Committee and city staff worked with the designers to create this bold artistic concept, which is expected to go into construction in 2004.
www.ci.cambridge.ma.us /~CDD/et/infra/psq/psq.html   (680 words)

  
 Archinect : Discussion Forum : WHERE TO LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE,MA?
Central Square is one of the liveliest areas in metro Boston.
I now live closer to Kendall Square (steps away from the B Side for all you Cantabrigians.) Both are good places to live but it largely depends what you're doing and where you need to do it.
lived in porter, central, cambridgeport (the fancy name for that area of central towards the river) and in that strange no-mans land by dali and the wine and cheese cask.
www.archinect.com /forum/threads.php?id=1211_0_21_0_C   (1511 words)

  
 WeeklyDig : > PORTER SQUARE BOOKS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
When Porter Square Books put its sign up where some old dress shop used to be in the Porter Square Shopping Center, it was cause for celebration.
Owned and staffed by former employees of a Concord bookstore who left to become masters of their own fate, Porter Square Books is still filling its shelves and finding its way.
Shopping at Porter Square Books is like browsing a good wine store: You know nearly everything there was chosen for a good reason, and while not everything is guaranteed to blow you away, you're not likely to leave utterly disappointed.
www.weeklydig.com /index.cfm/fuseaction/article.view/issueID/3dfa0e75-cf66-4964-bc86-27c28c194bf4/articleID/9198bb5c-3b06-4d48-9e0d-5c4337f86c6b/nodeID/03db94a1-15d0-443d-a7a3-1eab00dc5a6a   (552 words)

  
 Gordon: Sign, sign, everywhere a sign
Ave and JFK Street, in the middle of Harvard Square, a sign boldly declares: "Frank Cardullo Square." If you look harder, you'll discover no official city sign at all declaring your presence in Harvard Square, unless you count the T entrance sign or the one over the door of Out-of-Town News.
between Porter Square (again, no sign except the T entrance) and the Arlington border, the city has erected no fewer than 16 signs proclaiming "Squares" on 16 different corners.
For example, the Cardullo Square sign might be replaced by a sign declaring "Welcome to Harvard Square: Porter Square 1 mile north; Inman Square 1 mile east; Central Square 1 mile southeast; Charles River 1/4 mile south." Sixteen such signs around the city would make Cambridge a much easier place for newcomers to navigate.
www.webmerchants.com /PLC/Everywhere_A_Sign.htm   (811 words)

  
 Stansilavsky Summer School • Information for students   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
There is also a Citizens Bank ATM in the Harvard Square "T" station, near the Dunkin' Donuts.
Porter Square is one stop away from Harvard Square on the Red Line outbound train.
Harvard Square Theater, 10 Church Street, just up the block from the Border Cafe, is a multiplex theater for first-run, major studio films.
www.moscowart.org /theater/oncampus.htm   (1174 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Porter-Cable 78115 5.7 Square Foot Exhaust Filter: Tools & Hardware   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
It features 5.7 square feet of filtering surface, and offers 99.85% filtration efficiency--great for fine particle pick up.
Porter Cable 78115 This exhaust filter is 5.7 square feet, is washable, and reusable, and fits the no. 7810 wet dry vacuum.
After the first use of the Porter cable square foot exhaust filter I was amazed at the amount of dust that wasnt allover my shop.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000224OP?v=glance   (541 words)

  
 Bookselling This Week: New Bookstores Welcomed in Cambridge and Beverly Hills
Although good news was in short supply for many in the "blue" states of Massachusetts and California, there are happy readers, as several experienced booksellers are proving that successful expansion and growth are possible when the timing and the location are right.
Porter Square Books, open since the first week in October in North Cambridge, is owned, managed, and staffed by a highly trained, knowledgeable, well-qualified group of booksellers.
Three other former Concord employees are also part owners of the 4,480-square-foot general bookstore, and of the 21 people who worked at Concord with Szczeblowski, et al., 20 were hired by Porter Square Books.
news.bookweb.org /news/2998.html   (535 words)

  
 MORE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The "junkiness" of Porter Square station has been concerning me greatly because I have watched a steady decline in cleanliness and basic safety over the past 2 years.
Porter Square has always struck me as one the "nicer" T-stations.
This is *very* dangerous considering that people have to walk up and down the steep staircases, often in a rush, to catch commuter rail trains and subways (not to mention that one's clothing and shoes get soiled).
www.badtransit.com /spotter_more.php?id=1921_0_3_15_M   (365 words)

  
 The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Porter Sq. Focuses On Crime
The chase took a circuitous route around Porter Square, ending when the thief threw the guitar over a high wall and proceeded to hurl himself over as well.
Perhaps they were ousted—as the Porter Square Neighbors Association hopes to do—by a similar coalition of unhappy shopowners, say Keller and others.
He also said the Porter Square neighborhood needs to emphasize “consistency” in the way it deals with the problem.
www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=254783   (935 words)

  
 Bookselling This Week: Porter Square Up and Running Well
Porter Square is accessible by a major subway line and commuter train lines, and the store's strip mall location has free parking, unusual in Cambridge.
Porter Square's Book Sense.com site, www.portersquarebooks.com, also helped to boost the store's popularity.
Since we have the same staff at Porter Square operating in the same roles, it feels like we've all just moved into Cambridge, although it is nice not to have to answer to anyone but ourselves.
news.bookweb.org /booksense/3190.html   (683 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Cambridge at Epinions.com
Tucked away in a mall in Porter Square is a small taste of Japan.
The Porter Square Mall is located in Porter Square, a vibrant residential and retail neighborhood of Cambridge.
The Porter Square stop on the red line of the T (Boston's mass transit) is a few blocks away.
www.epinions.com /content_76305108612   (942 words)

  
 Somerville Open Studios - Maps and directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Nearby T stops are located at Sullivan Square (Orange Line) and Porter and Davis Squares (Red Line).
Follow Holland Street into Davis Square passing the T station and the Somerville Theatre on your right.
Keep your engines running as you pick up an SOS map at Porter Square Books or at the map dispenser by the MBTA bus stop on Elm Street, then park on any side street in Somerville (residential parking restrictions will be lifted from 12pm-6pm on Saturday; there are no restrictions on Sunday).
www.somervilleopenstudios.org /maps.shtml   (683 words)

  
 CasaNia ~ Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Porter Square is the stop after Harvard Square.
Buses 77,77A, 83, 87, and 96 all stop at or near Porter Square.
Turn left onto Porter Road and walk West until you see a chain link fence that encloses a group of commercial buildings on the left-hand side of the road, across from a row of condominiums.
www.luciddesign.com /casania/directions.html   (253 words)

  
 Morse Music Library: Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Hilles is 7 blocks (.6 mile) from Harvard Square, at the corner of Garden and Shepard Streets.
From Porter Square, walk 5 blocks south on Massachusetts Avenue.
Hilles is between 2 MBTA stops on the Red Line--.6 mile from the Harvard Square stop and.8 mile from the Porter Square stop.
www.fas.harvard.edu /~morse/directio.htm   (199 words)

  
 Directions to VINTAGE ETC.
We are at 1798 Massachusetts Avenue, near Porter Square, in Cambridge.
Porter Square is just ahead, and you go straight slightly to the right and we’re two blocks up on the right.
We’re about 2/3 of a mile west from Harvard Square, on the left just before Porter Square.
crazyclogs.org /directions.html   (263 words)

  
 Porter spot for multicultural restaurants - The Daily Free Press - News
Across from Porter Square is a trendy bar called Toad, which prides itself on "live music every night and never a cover charge," according to a sign outside.
But the Far East is complimented by some purely American cuisine at Christopher's, which owns Toad, and the chain restaurant Pizzeria Uno's, adding to Porter Square's diverse mix of food.
Construction for the Porter Square Draining and Surface Improvements Project can make traffic and crossing the street a bit of a challenge, but Porter Square is an intriguing, upbeat neighborhood with something for everyone.
www.dailyfreepress.com /news/2005/03/24/News/Porter.Spot.For.Multicultural.Restaurants-902157.shtml   (540 words)

  
 Rei's Cambridge/Boston Food Picks
(Porter Square Exchange also has Blue Fin, which is OK, but I still prefer Hana Sushi over Blue Fin.) Yes, if you want to practice your Japanese language skills, you can do it here.
To be honest I have not tried their broiled fish, but most of their stuff is decent and if you want a "real" restaurant, it could be worth a shot.
Porter Square Exchange is in a building that was once a Sears building long ago, on Mass.
www.mit.edu /afs/sipb/user/rei/WWW/food.html   (1515 words)

  
 SurfaceCity :: Boston   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
For the most part, Porter Square is small.
Removing Porter median not popular—Even before the planning is done, the Porter Square redesign project has been delayed for another four-six months, Community Development Department representative Suzanne Rasmussen told Porter Square committee members...
City looks at driving changes in Porter—Porter Square's traffic juggernaut is a nightmare for motorists and pedestrians...
www.surfacecity.net /boston.php?subject=neighborhoods&city=Cambridge&doc_id=205   (251 words)

  
 NOAH LEARNER 'S Apartment Rentals for Harvard, Porter, Davis, Central , Kendall, Inman, and Agassiz neighborhood in ...
Worthington Place is a wonderful Loft style apartment building that I have worked with in the past and have found very easy to work with, Their apartments usually have very high ceilings, huge windows, great light, free off street parking, a fitness center, onsite laundry, and a responsive staff.
It is located in the heart of Harvard square, and has many amenities that tenants I have placed in the building rave about.
They point to the proximity to the square and the university, and the fastidious staff that consistently go the extra mile.
www.noahlearner.com   (1084 words)

  
 Improving Pedestrian Safety in Porter Square
The key concerns were to address the dispersal of traffic and the many pedestrian and bicycle safety issues in Porter Square.
The reconfiguration of the square that makes the left turn possible also addresses the safety issues by moving crosswalks to places where people want to cross Massachusetts Avenue (and are now crossing anyway), making some crosswalks shorter, and changing the light cycle to accommodate cars and pedestrians more efficiently.
Below is a color rendering the "Mid-Plaza Left" plan presented to the Cambridge Advisory Committee on April 9, 1998.
www.geocities.com /porter_sq/p_imp-traff.htm   (577 words)

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