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Rindge Towers is an
The Boston Globe, May 16, 1999 Completed in 1970, the three 22-story towers make up a 777-unitHurley, Mary
The Boston Globe, September 12, 1999 apartment complex located in close proximity to the Alewife MBTA station at the terminus of the Red Line. The towers are named for Frederick H. Rindge, the philanthropist who funded construction of
Giving density a bad name
The Boston Globe, February 23, 2003 Living conditions at the towers have improved from their nadir in the 1980s.Walker, Adria
The Boston Globe, September 24, 2012 However, the complex is still a focus for law enforcement activity, and in 2008 the Cambridge Police opened a substation at the towers.Dunning, Matt
Police open substation at Rindge towers
The Cambridge Chronicle, May 06, 2008
Rindge Towers is an affordable housing
Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a household income at or below the median, as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index. Most of the literature on ...
development in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge ( ) is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is a suburb in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, located directly across the Charles River from Boston. The city's population as of the 2020 United States census, ...
.Cambridge City Council has a futureThe Boston Globe, May 16, 1999 Completed in 1970, the three 22-story towers make up a 777-unitHurley, Mary
The Boston Globe, September 12, 1999 apartment complex located in close proximity to the Alewife MBTA station at the terminus of the Red Line. The towers are named for Frederick H. Rindge, the philanthropist who funded construction of
Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
The Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, also known as "CRLS" or "Rindge", is a public high school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. It is a part of the Cambridge Public School District. In 1977, two separate schools, Rindge Technical Sc ...
, Cambridge City Hall, and the Cambridge Public Library
The Cambridge Public Library (CPL) in Cambridge, Massachusetts consists of a unified city-wide system maintaining: a main branch, of notable aesthetic architectural value, plus a further six localized branches sited throughout the city. Having ev ...
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The towers are built in the Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...
style, which advocated dense high-rise housing complexes set within parks and open spaces. This style has since fallen out of fashion in favor of mixed-use and mixed-income development. Also known as "Fresh Pond Apartments I, II and III", the buildings are by far the tallest in North Cambridge; their height is estimated at .
Originally constructed to spur development in the Alewife region of Cambridge, the towers—like many high-rise housing projects of the era—quickly became associated with crime and fell into disrepair.Flint, AnthonGiving density a bad name
The Boston Globe, February 23, 2003 Living conditions at the towers have improved from their nadir in the 1980s.Walker, Adria
The Boston Globe, September 24, 2012 However, the complex is still a focus for law enforcement activity, and in 2008 the Cambridge Police opened a substation at the towers.Dunning, Matt
Police open substation at Rindge towers
The Cambridge Chronicle, May 06, 2008
See also
* List of tallest buildings and structures in Cambridge, MassachusettsReferences
Affordable housing Buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts Public housing in the United States Modernist architecture in Massachusetts Residential buildings completed in 1971 Skyscrapers in Massachusetts Residential skyscrapers in Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-struct-stub