About the Squares

Davis Square

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Davis Square is a bustling commercial center in Somerville, Massachusetts. Featuring a variety of independent shops and eateries, Davis Square caters to wide crowd, including students from nearby Tufts University and visitors who have arrived via the red line of the ...

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Harvard Square

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Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Often traffic-congested, it is located next to Harvard University at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and John F. Kennedy Street, and is a highly travelled space for Harvard ...

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Porter Square

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Porter Square is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares. The Porter Square station is one of the stops on the Red Line, and of the Commuter Rail, ...

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Kenmore Square

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Kenmore Square in Boston, Massachusetts near Fenway Park, is not so much a square as a confusing collision of several main avenues, (including Beacon Street and Commonwealth Avenue,) a few cross streets, and a T stop, (Kenmore Station.) There you will ...

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Central Square

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Central Square is an area in Cambridge, Massachusetts centered around the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Prospect Street, and Western Avenue. Lafayette Square, formed by the junction of Massachusetts Avenue, Columbia Street, Sidney Street, and Main Street, is also considered a part ...

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Inman Square

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Inman Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. It lies north of Central Square, at the junction of Cambridge and Hampshire streets in East Cambridge. It is a culturally diverse neighborhood, home to professionals and working people alike. Students and ...

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Teele Square

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Teele Square is at the intersection of Broadway, Holland Street, and Curtis Avenue in Somerville, Massachusetts.  Though right down the street from Davis Square, Teele Square is quickly becoming a destination in its own right.  Due to a seemingly constant ...

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Copley Square

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In the greater Boston area, the word square is often used to refer merely to an intersection of two streets that has been named in somebody's honor and labelled by a sign announcing the name. By contrast, Boston's Copley Square in ...

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Ball Square

Ball Square is a neighborhood in Somerville, Massachusetts at the intersection of Boston Avenue and Broadway, located between Powderhouse Square and Magoun Square. It is primarily a residential area with a handful of shops and restaurants along Broadway. Located on the ...

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Powderhouse Square

Powderhouse Square, or more accurately Powderhouse circle, is a rotary located in between nearby Ball Square and Davis Square. Though mainly known as a traffic hazard, Powderhouse is also home of some great local restaurants. ...

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