Cambridge By: AndRew trozzi
Cambridge is made up of several commercial district . Inman square is known as the district of housing and ground retail. Businesses here are mostly owner-operated and include a variety of restaurants, cafes, and specialty stores. Porter Square, also known as upper mass ave is the main center to the subway and commuter rail systems. Porter Square is both a local and regional shopping destination with a mix of large and small retail shops.
This is unlike Central Square, which is traditionally known as Cambridge’s downtown retail district, including the seat of the city's government and also serves as an important transportation node with subway and bus links. The Square includes a vibrant atmosphere from its various ethnic restaurants, interesting shops, small and diverse nightlife. Kendallsquare is known for its major shopping center serving West Cambridge residents, workers and commutershas a cluster of neighborhood restaurants and specialty shops that serve the surrounding community
Fact
Since 1928, a boat on the Charles River can row under a train that’s passing under a car that’s driving below an airplane.
Imagine a eighty mile playground filled with boats, also known as the Charles river. Here you can find rowing, sculling, dragonboating, and sailing, both recreational and competitive. If you don't like being on the water there is also the Charles River Bike Path which runs 23 miles along the banks of the Charles. It starts at the Museum of Science and passes through the campuses of MIT, Harvard and Boston University. Many argue that the Charles river looks the best when the sun goes down and the amazing bright city lights get turned on, reflecting vastly across the river and through the the water.
Did you know?
Harvard University was the first college in the United States. Harvard is located in Cambrideg with a average acceptance rate of only 7.2% of all applicants yearly. 85% of the accepted students are from out of state, and only 2% of students throughout its entire history have flunked out.
Going to school in Cambridge will majorly impact your carrier out come. Cambridge is known for its education and success rate throughout every type of education. Not only higher education but starting from even Public Schools. There are twelve elementary schools, four middle Schools and one high school. There is also a present of many private schools, 13 plus 2 charters. These schools prepare students to ready for the real world and the opportunity to apply to Cambridge's legendary universities
Cambridge is home to over 300 life-science and technology related companies with a large presence here. A partial list of companies includes:
• Amazon
• Microsoft
Mark Elliot Zuckerberg is an American programmer, and Internet entrepreneur. He is chief executive, and co-founder of the website Facebook. Able to succeed from his college education from Hardvard university.