| With 100,000 people in an area of only 6.5 | | | | is definitely a multi-cultural city, with |
| square miles, Cambridge, Ma is a densely | | | | large communities of Spanish, Creole, |
| populated cultural and scientific center. It | | | | Portuguese and other language speakers. Air |
| is best known as the home of Harvard | | | | travel is through nearby Boston�s Logan |
| University and the Massachusetts Institute of | | | | Airport just a short drive down the depressed |
| Technology. It is often cited for its | | | | Central Artery and the tunnel to East Boston, |
| plethora of shops and cafes, as a sort of | | | | which is also served by the MTA. |
| Left Bank or countercultural center, but | | | | |
| there is also a lot of serious business going | | | | Central Square is the location of Cambridge |
| on in Cambridge like hi-tech industries and | | | | city hall, and is also a center of |
| bio-tech businesses. | | | | restaurants with food all over the world. |
| | | | Harvard Square is famous not only for Harvard |
| Cambridge homes vary from the student | | | | University, but for its boutiques and |
| enthusiasm of Harvard Square, to quieter | | | | restaurants. It is known to be lively till |
| neighborhoods in North Cambridge. Cambridge | | | | late at night with its street cafes and live |
| is just over the Charles River from Boston | | | | music venues. Harvard Square is also known |
| and is connected by several subway stops to | | | | for its wide variety of bookstores. Founded |
| the Greater Boston area, as well as by MTA | | | | in 1636, Harvard is the oldest university in |
| Bus service. Of course, Cambridge is about | | | | the United States. Harvard graduates include |
| as historic as you get in the United States. | | | | six U.S. Presidents -- John Adams, John |
| It was founded by the Pilgrims in 1630, and | | | | Quincy Adams, Theodore and Franklin D. |
| was a center of the American Revolution, | | | | Roosevelt, Rutherford B. Hayes, and John F. |
| leading up to first battles of Lexington and | | | | Kennedy. Listed on the National Register of |
| Concord in 1775. | | | | Historic Places are such attractions as |
| | | | Wadsworth House (1726) which served as |
| Cambridge has emerged over the years as a | | | | temporary headquarters for General George |
| major hub for leading biotech companies. | | | | Washington in 1775. Mayfair, one of the many |
| Today, it is one of the world�s most | | | | lively street festivals in Harvard Square, |
| important centers for biotech research with | | | | features over 200 Harvard Square merchants |
| its connections to both new and old talent | | | | and vendors of artistic crafts, jewelry, |
| coming out of the two great universities | | | | clothing, and other gifts from around the |
| there, Harvard and MIT. Cambridge's | | | | world. Ethnic food is vended from all over |
| large-scale employment has shifted to where | | | | the world, and there is also street |
| besides Harvard and MIT, health care and | | | | entertainment for children and adults. |
| biotechnology dominate the Cambridge economy, | | | | Kendall Square is the location of MIT and the |
| with Genzyme, Biogen, and Novartis being | | | | heart of Massachusetts' booming high tech and |
| large companies there. Biotech's center is | | | | biotechnology industries. Shopping is |
| the Kendall Square and East Cambridge areas. | | | | available at the Cambridge Galleria with over |
| A number of biotechnology companies are also | | | | 100 well-known stores and fine restaurants. |
| located in University Park at MIT. Cambridge | | | | |