From Dave Brigham:
This site in East Cambridge, Mass., has "redevelopment" written all over it. Twelve years ago the pet store on the second floor was torched, allegedly by the owner and two young accomplices. I haven't been able to find out if any of the three was ever convicted. This site is just a stone's throw from Superior Nut, which I wrote about a few months ago (see May 5, 2018, "Can Superior Nut Stand the Heat?").
This whole area has been undergoing change of late, and there is more to come, as I mentioned in the Superior Nut post. The neighborhood will one day be serviced by a long-planned, but much-delayed, extension of the Green Line trolley system. The service will run right behind these lots, with a spur connecting to nearby Union Square, and the main line continuing to the Mystic Valley Parkway in Medford.
A Holiday Inn Express hotel opened up along this route several years ago, and this fall, a new development called Point 262 Condominiums is slated to open next to the hotel, directly across from the former pet store site. Several apartment and condo complexes have recently risen in what is known as Cambridge Crossing. Union Square, just over the line in Somerville, is ripe for redevelopment as well. I plan to explore that neighborhood in the near future
Between the old pet store and the Sav-Mor Spirits liquor store sits an old car wash.
I think these snacks are free.
So, will the Green Line extension bring money and redevelopment to this rundown spot along Monsignor O'Brien Highway? Stay tuned....
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