Alyssa Chen

1 week ago | cambridgeday.com | Alyssa Chen

Final recommendations for a 15-year plan for Northern Massachusetts Avenue were presented Thursday by Cambridge Community Development after months of community and working group meetings. The planning study, which covers the stretch from Alewife Brook Parkway to Cambridge Common and includes Porter Square, outlines a slew of goals and strategies for a “more livable, people-centered Mass Ave,” according to an event handout.

2 months ago | cambridgeday.com | Alyssa Chen

Local musicians joined the conversation on a planned 25-story housing redevelopment in Davis Square on Wednesday to explain how a temporary closing of The Burren for construction would hurt the arts community. Uncertainty around the future of the Irish bar, which is known for its nightly live music programming, add yet another dimension to the tension between the need for more housing and worries that the residential tower will detract from the square.