Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Kendall Square | BU Today | Boston University

A guide to navigating through the Boston area's smartest square

Photo by Nailya Maxyutova (COM’14) Things-to-do Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Kendall Square A guide to navigating through the Boston area’s smartest square BU Today staff Twitter Facebook Few Boston-area neighborhoods have undergone as many transformations as Cambridge’s Kendall Square. Originally a Charles River salt marsh, by the middle of the 19th century it was a bustling industrial center that housed distilleries, factories, and the expansive Kendall Boiler and Tank Company, which gave the area its name. After World War II, most businesses had shut down or moved, leaving much

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