Porter Square Neighbors Association

Just a note that I found some really good pictures in a Porter Square group on Flickr.

The ugly condo development at the corner of Mass. Ave. and Beech has been selected by Karen Klinger as one of the first Cambridge Eyesores in her NeighborMedia series.

You can read her entire entry here.

For other Porter Square-related NeighborMedia postings, go here.

Tavern in the Square: Plans to add patio dining

Tavern in the Square has applied to create a patio along the driveway on the Mass Ave side of the Porter Exchange building and move 46 seats outside. The manager, Shawn Ahern, will explain what they would like to do and answer questions.

Plan B for Hotel Kaya: Changing the zoning

Lesley has an informative Web page on the project at www.lesley.edu/portersquare.

We are all encouraged to submit comments and questions to portersquare@lesley.edu

Google just added Greater Boston to its Street View mapping project, including Porter Square. Check it out here. Just click on the "Street View" box in the upper right hand corner.

Looks like they drove through the neighborhood last summer.

The Kaya restaurant hotel project fact sheet has been updated with new information gathered at a September 27th meeting.

Read it here.

Just found this restaurant review on the Web. He liked Tampopo.

Some Porter Square residents are worried their traffic and parking headaches may get worse if a plans go forward to demolish a local restaurant and replace it with a 50-room hotel... (more from the Cambridge Chronicle story)