For information on this project please email Suzannah Bigolin sbigolin@cambridgema.gov or call 617-349-4600.
Citywide Urban Design Guidelines
The Community Development Department is working on a set of citywide urban design guidelines to meet our vision for a beautiful, sustainable, and equitable Cambridge. These guidelines will be used by the Planning Board and City staff to review major development projects. Landowners, developers, and their architects, will be required to use the guidelines when they design projects. City departments will also use the guidelines when considering new street, sidewalk, and open space projects.
The guidelines will include design recommendations for spaces such as:
- Parks and Plazas
- Buildings
- Sidewalks
- Storefronts
The Latest
Draft Citywide Urban Design Guidelines
The Community Development Department is excited to present draft urban design guidelines for the City of Cambridge. The draft final document, called "Shaping Our City: Citywide Urban Design Guidelines for Cambridge" is a compilation of guidelines meant to help maintain and strengthen Cambridge's character as a beautiful, diverse, livable, culturally rich, and pedestrian-friendly city.
Appendix: Public Space Public Life Snapshot Findings
Open House, Tuesday, March 25
Join us Tuesday, March 25, from 5 – 7:30 p.m. at the Main Branch Library (499 Broadway).
Key information from the Urban Design Guidelines will be on display. Project staff will be available for questions and to receive feedback.
There will be food and drinks. Stop by any time between 5 - 7:30 p.m.
Exhibition, March 26 - April 9
After the open house, the displays will remain on view on the first floor or the Main Branch library for community members to review and provide feedback at their own convenience.
The exhibition will be up from Wednesday, March 26th through Wednesday, April 9th. Stop by any time during the library's regular open hours:
- Sunday: 1 - 5 p.m.
- Monday - Thursday: 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.
- Friday - Saturday: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.