List of tallest buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts
Cambridge is a city in Middlesex County in eastern Massachusetts, United States. Located on the northern shore of the Charles River, it is also a major suburb of Boston, the state capitol and regional financial center. It has a population of 105,000 (2010) and a growing number of high-rise buildings.
Tallest buildings and other structures
This list ranks Cambridge buildings that stand at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, based on height measurement criteria established by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) and Emporis.com. This includes spires and architectural details but does not include antenna masts, roof top signs, flag poles or other functional-technical equipment. An equals sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Built | Neighborhood | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MIT Site 4 | 363 ft (111 m) | 29 | 2019 (in progress) | SOMA/MIT | Has been the tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019 when the team placed the Penthouse North slab. (Note: 363' to top of antenna mast) | |
2 | Green Building (MIT) | 295 ft (90 m) | 21 | 1964 | Area 2/MIT | Has been the tallest building in Cambridge since 1964.[1][2][3] Height to tip - 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome.[4] | |
3 | 145 Broadway | 294 ft (90 m) | 19 | 2018 | Area 2/MIT | [5] | |
4 | Boston Marriott Cambridge | 290 ft (88 m) | 26 | 1988 | Area 2/MIT | Tallest building built in the 1980s.[6] | |
5 | WJIB radio tower | 285 ft (87 m) | N/A | 1948 | Neighborhood Nine | Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE [7] | |
6 | Proto | 284 ft (87 m) | 22 | 2018 | Area 2/MIT | Also known as Ames Street Residences[8] | |
7 | 40 Thorndike Street | 282 ft (86 m) | 22 | 1974 | East Cambridge | Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s.[9] | |
8 | Archstone North Point | 277 ft (84 m) | 22 | 2008 | East Cambridge | Known as Avalon North Point.[10] | |
9= | Eastgate Student Housing | 270 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
30 | 1967 | Area 2/MIT | Highest floor count in Cambridge.[11][12][13] | |
9= | Riverfront Office Park I | 270 ft (82 m) | 18 | 1983 | East Cambridge | [14][15] | |
11= | Fresh Pond Apartments I | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[16] | |
11= | Fresh Pond Apartments II | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[17] | |
11= | Fresh Pond Apartments III | 269 ft (82 m)
(est.) |
22 | 1970 | North Cambridge | Formerly known as Rindge Towers.[18] | |
14 | 75 Ames Street (7 Cambridge Center) | 263 ft (80 m) | 12 | 2014 | Area 2/MIT | [19] | |
15= | Watermark Kendall West | 248 ft (76 m)
(est.) |
23 | 2006 | Area 2/MIT | [20][21][22] | |
15= | Tang Residence Hall | 248 ft (76 m) | 24 | 1972 | Area 2/MIT | [23][24] | |
17 | Twenty/20 | 237 ft (72 m) | 20 | 2015 | East Cambridge | [25] | |
18= | Museum Towers 1 | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | [26][27] | |
18= | Museum Towers 2 | 234 ft (71 m) | 24 | 1998 | East Cambridge | Also called Regatta Riverview Residences[28][29] | |
20 | One Broadway | 230 ft (70 m) | 17 | 1970 | Area 2/MIT | [30][31] | |
21= | Peabody Terrace Apartments I | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [32][33] | |
21= | Peabody Terrace Apartments II | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [32][34] | |
21= | Peabody Terrace Apartments III | 226.85 ft (69.14 m) | 22 | 1964 | Riverside | [32][35] | |
24 | 808 Memorial Drive | 224 ft (68 m) | 20 | 1975 | Cambridgeport | [36][37] | |
25 | 929 House Apartments | 220.32 ft (67.15 m) | 18 | 1976 | Mid-Cambridge | [38] | |
26 | Riverfront Office Park II | 210 ft (64 m) | 14 | 1986 | East Cambridge | [39][40] | |
27 | 100 [University Park] | 205 ft (62 m) | 18 | 2005 | Cambridgeport | [41] | |
28 | Frank J. Manning Apartments | 204 ft (62 m) | 19 | 1976 | Cambridgeport | Height to tip - 207 ft (63 m) with elevator house ladder[42] | |
Under construction
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MIT SoMa#4 | 342 ft (104 m) | 29 | 2018 | Frame assembly | Once completed, this will be the tallest building in Cambridge, and the first exceeding 100 meters per overall height.[43] | |
2 | MIT SoMa#5 | 280 ft (85 m) | 18 | 2018 | Foundation work | [44][45] | |
3 | MIT SoMa#3 | 238.5 ft (72.7 m) | 14 | 2018 | Frame assembly | [46] | |
4 | Central Market | 207 ft (63 m) | 19 | 2018 | Topped off | Formerly known as Mass+Main[47] |
Tallest approved or proposed
This section lists high-rise buildings that are approved or proposed in Cambridge and planned to be at least 200 feet (61 m) tall, but are not yet under construction.
Rank | Name | Image | Height ft / m |
Floors | Year | Status | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Volpe Redevelopment MIT | 500 ft (150 m) | 50 | 2022 | Proposed | Will be the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston once completed.[48] | |
2 | MXD Residential Building South | 365 ft (111 m) | 34 | 2020 | Proposed | [49] | |
3 | MIT NoMa | 295 ft (90 m) | 25 | 2018 | Approved | Site preparation underway.[50] | |
4 | 325 Main Street | 272.75 ft (83.13 m) | 18 | 2020 | Proposed | Part of MXD II[51] | |
5 | Parcel I | 252 ft (77 m) | 21 | 2020 | Proposed | Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m) [52][53] | |
6 | Parcel G | 243 ft (74 m) | 14 | 2020 | Proposed | [54][55] | |
7 | MIT SoMa#2 | 240 ft (73 m) | 14 | 2018 | Approved | [56][57] |
See also
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