Porter Square

42°23′19″N 71°07′10″W / 42.3886°N 71.1194°W / 42.3886; -71.1194

Porter Square, looking south. The Gift of the Wind kinetic sculpture, the most prominent landmark of the square, is on the center-left.

Porter Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between Harvard and Davis Squares. The Porter Square station serves both the MBTA Red Line and the Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line. A major part of the Lesley University campus is located within the Porter Square area.

In 2004–06 the principal intersection, including the area adjacent to the shopping center, underwent extensive construction both to improve access for vehicles, pedestrians, bicyclists, and mass transit users, and to improve drainage and storm water conditions. The artist Toshihiro Katayama[1] of Harvard University, in conjunction with the landscape architect Cynthia Smith,[2] designed a new visual look for the new circulation design, including contrasting light and dark concrete paving, stone walls and boulders.[3]

  1. ^ "toshihiro katayama". People.fas.harvard.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  2. ^ "Halvorson Design Partnership - People - Cynthia W. Smith ASLA Vice President". Halvorsondesign.com. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2012-02-26.
  3. ^ "Architecturally Speaking by Gary Wang". Retrieved 2008-04-15.