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The Cambridge skyline in April 2021.

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 118,403 (2020) and a growing number of high-rise buildings.

Tallest buildings and structures[edit]

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. Freestanding towers, guyed masts and other not habitable structures are included for comparison purposes; however, they are not ranked.

Rank Name Image Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Coordinates Neighborhood Notes Ref.
01.01 MIT SoMa Building 4 315 ft (96 m) 29 2020 Area 2/MIT Tallest building in Cambridge since April 2, 2019.
290 Main St.[1] 		[1]
2= Green Building 295 ft (90 m) 21 1964 Area 2/MIT Tallest building in Cambridge from 1964 until 2019. Height to tip - 312 ft (95 m) with radar dome. [2][3][4][5]
2= 165 Main St. 295 ft (90 m) 25 2022 East Cambridge [6][7]
4 145 Broadway 294 ft (90 m) 19 2018 East Cambridge Headquarters of Akamai Technologies[2][3] [8]
5 Boston Marriott Cambridge 290 ft (88 m) 26 1988 Area 2/MIT Tallest building built in the 1980s. [9]
— WJIB radio tower 285 ft (87 m) N/A 1948 Neighborhood Nine Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE. [10]
6 Proto Kendall Square 284 ft (87 m) 22 2018 Area 2/MIT Also known as Ames Street Residences [11]
7 40 Thorndike Street 282 ft (86 m) 22 1974 East Cambridge Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s.
Due to changes in building ownership in the 2020s the overall completed height of the building has been reduced by one or more floors as part of a building renovation.[4] 		[12]
8 MIT SoMa Building 5 280 ft (85 m) 18 2020 Houses offices and the MIT Museum. Area 2/MIT 314 Main St.[5] [13][14]
9 Elevate 277 ft (84 m) 22 2008 East Cambridge Known as Avalon North Point. [15]
10 101 Main St. 270 ft (82 m) 18 1983 East Cambridge [16][17]
11= Rindge Towers I 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge [18]
11= Rindge Towers II 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge [19]
11= Rindge Towers III 269 ft (82 m)

(est.)

22 1970 North Cambridge [20]
14 75 Ames Street (Stanley Building) 263 ft (80 m) 15 2014 Area 2/MIT [21]
15 Park 151 252 ft (77 m) 20 2022 East Cambridge Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m) [22][23]
16= Watermark Kendall West 248 ft (76 m)

(est.)

23 2006 Area 2/MIT [24][better source needed][25][26]
16= Tang Residence Hall 248 ft (76 m) 24 1972 Area 2/MIT [27][28]
18 1010 Memorial Drive 240 ft (73 m) 20 1965[29] West Cambridge [30][29]
19 Twenty/20 237 ft (72 m) 20 2015 East Cambridge [31]
20= Museum Towers 1 234 ft (71 m) 24 1998 East Cambridge [32][33]
20= Museum Towers 2 234 ft (71 m) 24 1998 East Cambridge Also called Regatta Riverview Residences. [34][35]
22 One Broadway 230 ft (70 m) 17 1970 East Cambridge [36][37]
23= Peabody Terrace Apartments I 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [38][39]
23= Peabody Terrace Apartments II 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [38][40]
23= Peabody Terrace Apartments III 226.85 ft (69.14 m) 22 1964 Riverside [38][41]
26 808 Memorial Drive 224 ft (68 m) 20 1975 Cambridgeport [42][43]
27= 929 Mass Apartments 220.32 ft (67.15 m) 18 1976 Mid-Cambridge [44]
27= Mather House 220.32 ft (67.15 m) (est.) 18 1970 Riverside [45]
29 1 Main St. 210 ft (64 m) 14 1986 East Cambridge [46][47]
30 One Memorial Drive 208 ft (63 m) (est.) 17 1986 Area 2/MIT [48]
31 Market Central 207 ft (63 m) 19 2020 The Port Formerly known as Mass+Main. [49]
32 100 (100 Landsdowne St) 205 ft (62 m) 18 2005 Cambridgeport [50]
33 Frank J. Manning Apartments 204 ft (62 m) 19 1976 Cambridgeport [51]

Under construction[edit]

Name Image Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Coordinates Neighborhood Notes Ref.
MXD Residential Building South 400 ft (120 m) 37 2021 East Cambridge Site prep began in early 2023. Height does not include mechanical penthouse. [52]
MIT SoMa Building 3 238.5 ft (72.7 m) 14 2018 Area 2/MIT 238 Main St.[6] [53]
325 Main St. 288.5 ft (87.9 m) 17 2020 Area 2/MIT Part of MXD II. Google tower.[7] [54]
Parcel E/F 250 ft (76 m) 21 2020 East Cambridge [8]
Parcel G 220 ft (67 m) 14 2020 East Cambridge [9]
MIT SoMa Building 2 240 ft (73 m) 14 2021 Area 2/MIT [55][56]

Tallest approved or proposed[edit]

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. In 2015, Leland Cheung of the Cambridge City Council contemplated the maximum rezoning of the area in terms of building heights, and asked if buildings of up to 1,000 feet (305 m) could be considered in the future. A height of 1,000 feet would be over 200 feet taller than the tallest building in the metro-Boston area: the John Hancock Tower.[57][58]

Name Height
ft (m) 		Floors Year Coordinates Neighborhood Status Notes Ref.
Volpe Redevelopment MIT 500 ft (150 m) 50 2022 East Cambridge Proposed Would be the tallest building in Massachusetts outside of Boston once completed. [59]
585 Third St 292.5 ft (89.2 m) 16 2021 East Cambridge Proposed [60]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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  9. ^ "Boston Marriott Cambridge". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-09.
  10. ^ FCC ASR database Retrieved 2014-03-07
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  25. ^ "PUD-KS Zoning Proposal Revisions May 5, 2015". www.cambridgema.gov. p. 17. Retrieved 2015-05-07.
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  31. ^ "NorthPoint TWENTY|20". ctbuh.org. Retrieved 2016-11-17.
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  41. ^ "Peabody Terrace Apartments III". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
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  44. ^ "929 Apartments". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on May 24, 2015. Retrieved 2015-05-24.
  45. ^ "Mather House, Cambridge". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on November 11, 2017. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  46. ^ "Riverfront Office Park II". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2012. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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  48. ^ "One Memorial Drive". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2016. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
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  50. ^ "100". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved 2015-01-24.
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  54. ^ "325 Main St Commercial Building B - CDD Board Design Update" (PDF). www.cambridgema.gov. August 6, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
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  57. ^ Carlock, Catherine, ed. (June 19, 2015). "Could Kendall Square soon be home to the tallest building in New England?". Greater Boston Small Business Resource Guide. Boston Business Journal. American City Business Journals. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  58. ^ Acitelli, Tom (June 22, 2015). "New England's Tallest Building Could Go Up in Kendall Square". Vox Media. Curbed. Retrieved January 7, 2021. Cambridge City Councillor Leland Cheung has proposed rezoning to allow for a 1,000-foot tower." That would, of course, make it roughly 200 feet taller than the Hancock in downtown Boston, the region's tallest spire to date.
  59. ^ "Volpe rezoning petition" (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. June 21, 2017.
  60. ^ "PUD Special Permit Submission, Volume 2: Plans and Illustrations" (PDF). City of Cambridge. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 20 December 2021.

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