City of Cambridge Neighbor
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Civil Disturbance Open15 Hawthorn Street Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - West Cambridge
There is a large "event" outside a private residence at 15 Hawthorne St. The house is owned by "15 HAWTHORN STREET LLC" but the mailing address is "PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD".
https://www.cambridgema.gov/propertydatabase/18521There are over 100 Harvard students with megaphones disturbing a residential neighborhood and blocking traffic. Although Harvard owns this house, it is not part of the Harvard campus. The city needs to ask Harvard to hold it's "liberation events" on their own campus. I am not affiliated with any parties involved, I just want peace on Sundays as the city allows 11 hours of construction on every other weekday.
Before you respond to contact Cambridge police, I did talk to police that were on the site and they were scared to get involved and watched from a distance at Brattle St and Mount Auburn Streets. They would not respond on if this was a permitted event and when the street would re-open.
Before you move on, consider that this is coming to a neighborhood to you soon. We are already seeing vandalism and disturbances in other parts of the city and the police are powerless to intervene in this state.
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Tree Pruning Request Acknowledged667 Green Street Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02139 - RiversideThe tree is growing bigger everyday, its branch reaching my window, and leaf dropping on my roof, and gutter. Please trim it. I submitted a request for trimming last Fall, and it was deleted by the system. Resubmitted in April. The city has trimmed all my neighbors trees on green street, just didn't do this one.
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194 Elm Street Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02141 - Wellington-Harringtonthere is a blue shopping cart left in the park by home a homeless person AND a little kids toy also left. please remove both! dogs are peeing on them and they are an obstruction. -
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Pothole ClosedAlewife Brook Pkwy Cambridge MA 02140, United States - North CambridgeHuge potholes in both lanes traveling over the bridge between Alewife and the highway
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Roadkill / Dead Animal Closed1-47 Line St Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - Mid-CambridgeLarge dead rat in the middle of the road
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Rodent Sighting Acknowledged571 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The PortMouse in paris baguette section of the hmart. Ran from table and chairs to under the counter
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Roadkill / Dead Animal Closed2-54 Mount Pleasant St Cambridge, MA, 02140, USA - Neighborhood 9Dead rabbit in the street in front of 42 Mt Pleasant Street.
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27 Willard Street Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - West CambridgeThere is heavy construction being performed to the rear of 27 Willard St.
This is unrelated to any street construction performed by city contractors - it is on a private lot.
I do not see any recent permits filed on open data. There is a black ford pickup truck in the rear of the house in the driveway between # 25 and 27 when construction is performed. The work often continues late into the evening and weekends beyond the normally allowed construction hours.
Can a building inspector please visit the site to ensure the proper building permits have been filed, changes comply with zoning and work is done within allowed hours and days? -
Cushing St & Huron Ave Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - CambridgeWith Memorial Day coming shortly, how disgraceful that the Mt. Auburn Veterans Memorial at corner of Huron and Cushing is in such a state of disrepair. This project has been going on since autumn 2023. The memorial is not put back together and is full of construction debris and other trash. Very disrespectful.
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Roadkill / Dead Animal Closed530 Windsor Street Cambridge, MA, 02141, USA - Wellington-HarringtonRoadkill - large rat squished near residence ~550 Windsor street
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Traffic Sign Complaint AcknowledgedBelmont St & Saint Marys St Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - CambridgeThe resident parking / street cleaning sign was never replaced on sections of Belmont Street when construction was completed.
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kudos to DPH OpenCambridge Massachusetts - Mid-CambridgeBravo to the Cambridge DPH for hosting the upcoming Touch-A-Truck Event for children on May 20! Absolutely wonderful concept!
... And a huge thank you to our hardworking DPH employees for truly exceptional services through the years! -
Missed Trash Pickup Open149 Bishop Allen Drive Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Mid-CambridgeBeige couch with no legs resting against a tree
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11 Brattle Circle Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - West Cambridge
Pedestrians are currently being rerouted during the Lowell Memorial Park construction to a pedestrian crossing on Mount Auburn St across from Mount Auburn cemetery. This crosswalk has no stop light or sign and no pedestrian flashing light. Yet it is the crosswalk that many school children are being rerouted to. And a crossing guard has not even been out in place. I don’t even like crossing at that crosswalk as an adult as it is very unsafe given car speeds on that section of road. This issue needs to be addressed ASAP before a child gets hit. I have reached out to the DNR email address, but as a MA wide agency, I have little faith in a rapid reply. Thoughts on what can be done here to ensure safety, particularly for our school children crossing in the morning & after school?
Sincerely,
Kris - Cambridge resident
45 Fresh Pond Pkwy, Cambridge, MA 02138Parks info:
Lowell Memorial Park (located at Coolidge Avenue and Mount Auburn) is currently undergoing a redesign. For the duration of the construction, please use the pedestrian path on Mount Auburn Street towards Brattle Street. -
Abandoned Bicycle OpenHuron Ave & Tierney St Cambridge, MA, 02138, USA - Neighborhood 9Not a bike but that’s the closest option: abandoned shopping cart has been there a few days.
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Abandoned Bicycle OpenClark St & Hampshire St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The PortBroken rusted abandoned bike
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16-16 Essex St Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - The PortThe encampment has been there for several days now with a single man seen sleeping or resting on top of the bags at various times.
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Pothole Acknowledged2501 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts, 02140 - North CambridgeIn the safety cross walk, close to the medium strip on the odd side of the street, a large pothole has opened up. This is a very active cross walk, used by many of the families who attend the day care across the street as well as seniors at Burns apartments on Churchill. Can you fix it before someone breaks an ankle? Thank you very much!
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Trees - General Inquiry Closed167 Hampshire Street Cambridge, MA, 02139, USA - Wellington-HarringtonHi,
We've noticed an infestation of Japanese Knotweed growing the gravel patch behind 167 Hampshire St. We know that this is a highly invasive species and are not sure how to deal with it since it's roots can get pretty deep and breaking it just causes it to multiply faster. Does the city have any way of dealing with this invasive plant?