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Map of Massachusetts with MetroWest highlighted: Nine towns included by MWERC in red, 23 additional communities in 495/MetroWest Corridor in pink. MetroWest is a cluster of cities and towns lying west of Boston and east of Worcester, in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The name was coined in the 1980s by a local newspaper.
The Kidder–Sargent–McCrehan House, also known as the Kidder–Sargent House, is an historic house in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 2.5-story wood-frame house was built c. 1792 by Nathaniel Kidder, and is one of the oldest and least-altered buildings of the period in northwest Cambridge, and the only one on its original site.
The most restrictive definition of the Greater Boston area is the region administered by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. [17] The MAPC is a regional planning organization created by the Massachusetts legislature to oversee transportation infrastructure and economic development concerns in the Boston area.
Charlestown is the oldest neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. [1] Also called Mishawum by the Massachusett, it is located on a peninsula north of the Charles River, across from downtown Boston, and also adjoins the Mystic River and Boston Harbor waterways.
The Rathskeller (known as The Rat) was a [1] [2] [3] live music venue in Boston that was open from 1974 to 1997. It was considered the "granddaddy" of Boston rock venues. [4] [5] During its heyday, the Rat hosted such acts as the Cars, the Pixies, Metallica, Dead Kennedys, the Ramones, Talking Heads, R.E.M., Dinosaur Jr.
Arthur D. Little is an international management consulting firm originally headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, founded in 1886 and formally incorporated in 1909 [3] by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who extended the applications of cellulose acetate, especially its use as artificial silk.
Massachusetts Avenue (colloquially referred to as Mass Ave) is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston.According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."
Brighton is a former town and current neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts, United States, [1] located in the northwestern corner of the city. It is named after the English city of Brighton . Initially Brighton was part of Cambridge , and known as "Little Cambridge".