List of tallest buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
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Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. Located on the northern shore of the Charles River, it is also a major suburb of Boston, the state capitol and regional financial center. It has a population of 105,000 (2010) and a growing number of high-rise buildings. This article is a list of the tallest buildings and other structures in Cambridge that are over 200 ft (61 m) in height.
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Tallest buildings and other structures
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Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Built | Neighborhood | Notes |
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1 | Green Building (MIT) | 100px | 295 ft (90 m) | 21 | 1964 | Area 2/MIT | Has been the tallest building in Cambridge since 1964.[1][2][3] Pinnacle height 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome.[4] |
2 | Boston Marriott Cambridge | 100px | 290 ft (88 m) | 26 | 1988 | Area 2/MIT | Tallest building built in the 1980s.[5] |
3 | WJIB radio tower | 285 ft (87 m) | N/A | 1948 | Neighborhood Nine | [6] | |
4 | 40 Thorndike Street | 100px | 282 ft (86 m) | 22 | 1974 | East Cambridge | Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s.[7] |
5= | Eastgate Student Housing | 270 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
30 | 1967 | Area 2/MIT | Highest floor count in Cambridge.[8][better source needed][9][10] | |
5= | Riverfront Office Park I | 270 ft (82 m) | 18 | 1983 | East Cambridge | [11][12] | |
7= | Archstone North Point | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 2008 | East Cambridge | Known as Avalon North Point.[13] | |
7= | Fresh Pond Apartments I | 100px | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[14] |
7= | Fresh Pond Apartments II | 100px | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[15] |
7= | Fresh Pond Apartments III | 100px | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[16] |
11 | 75 Ames Street (7 Cambridge Center) | 100px | 263 ft (80 m) | 12 | 2014 | Area 2/MIT | [17] |
12= | Watermark Kendall West | 248 ft (76 m)
(est.) |
23 | 2006 | Area 2/MIT | [18][better source needed][19][20] | |
12= | Tang Residence Hall | 248 ft (76 m) | 24 | 1972 | Area 2/MIT | [21][22] | |
14= | Museum Towers 1 | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | [23][24] | |
14= | Museum Towers 2 | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | Also called Regatta Riverview Residences[25][26] | |
16 | One Broadway | 230 ft (70 m) | 17 | 1970 | Area 2/MIT | [27][28] | |
17= | Peabody Terrace Apartments I | 100px | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [29][30] |
17= | Peabody Terrace Apartments II | 100px | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [29][31] |
17= | Peabody Terrace Apartments III | 100px | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [29][32] |
20 | 808 Memorial Drive | 224 ft (68 m) | 20 | 1975 | Cambridgeport | [33][34] | |
21 | 929 House Apartments | 220.32 ft (67.15 m) | 18 | 1976 | Mid-Cambridge | [35] | |
22 | Riverfront Office Park II | 210 ft (64 m) | 14 | 1986 | East Cambridge | [36][37] | |
23 | 100 [University Park] | 205 ft (62 m) | 18 | 2005 | Cambridgeport | [38] |
Under construction
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
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1 | 88 Ames Street (Ames Street Residences) | 284 ft (87 m) | 22 | 2017 | Site preparation underway | [39] | |
2 | Twenty/20 | 245 ft (75 m) | 20 | 2015 | Under construction | Estimated height is 245 ft. (+/- 10 ft.)[40][41][42] |
Tallest approved or proposed
This section lists high-rise buildings that are approved or proposed in Cambridge and planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, but are not under construction yet.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
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1 | MIT SoMa#4 | 330 ft (100 m) | 28 | 2018 | Proposed | 299'7" to the top of the main facade; 330' to the top of the mechanical section.[43] | |
2 | MIT SoMa#5 | 280 ft (85 m) | 18 | 2018 | Proposed | 270' to the roof; 280' to the top of the screen wall / outer facade [44] | |
3 | MIT NoMa | 275 ft (84 m) | 25 | 2018 | Proposed | [45] | |
4 | MIT SoMa#2 | 240 ft (73 m) | 15 | 2018 | Proposed | [46][47] | |
5 | MIT SoMa#3 | 238.5 ft (72.7 m) | 14 | 2018 | Proposed | [48] |
See also
- List of tallest buildings in Boston
- List of tallest buildings in Springfield, Massachusetts
- List of tallest buildings in Worcester, Massachusetts
- List of tallest buildings in Massachusetts, exclusive of Boston
Notes
- General
References
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External links
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