Inman Square
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This restaurant chain began in Inman Square in 1950, ultimately growing to a chain of 31 restaurants, including those in Kendall Square and in Copley Square in Boston, as well as in suburbs and cities throughout the region. After the original location burned in a fire, it was rebuilt and became Cambridge Family Health. An ornate fish on the building facade at 237 Hampshire Street commemorates the previous presence.
What is Legal Sea Foods?
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Inman square is a neighborhood and historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts which lies at the junction of these three streets.
What are Cambridge, Hampshire, and Inman?
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"Edge of the Forest” is a striking piece depicting this animal by artist Mark Reigelman, located in Vellucci Plaza at the heart of Inman Square, Cambridge. Installed on July 18, 2023, the sculpture was inspired by the history of the area, which was once known as Atwood’s Corner. The piece, nicknamed “Leaf,” highlights the delicate boundary between civilization and wilderness, paying homage to Cambridge’s natural ecosystem and industrial history.
What is a deer?
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This company was founded in October 2008 by MIT material science graduate and Harvard MBA Ayr Muir as one food truck serving the area around the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
What is Clover Food Lab?
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The photograph below of streetcar tracks and clearance lines at Prospect and Hampshire was taken in this decade.
What is the 1920's?
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Ralph Inman's second wife, Elizabeth Murray, owned a sugar warehouse in Boston that the British troops took over as a barracks when they came to settle the unrest in Boston. It was from there that they marched to this major military action.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
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Ralph Inman was one of a number of gentlemen with estates in "little genteel Town about 4 Miles off (from Boston) calld Cambridge". Others included this Major-General graduate of Harvard, known as an American politician, lawyer, and militia officer who served as the Massachusetts Attorney General from 1736 to 1738.
Who was Brattle?
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In the 1980s, at the Ding Ho restaurant (where Ole Mexican Grill is presently located), this comedian and Tonight Show host had his first stage performance.
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