List of tallest buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts facts for kids

Kendall Square (pictured in 2007 from the Charles River), is home to a majority of Cambridge's tall buildings.

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 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. 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.
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.
3	145 Broadway		294 ft (90 m)	19	2018		East Cambridge
4	Boston Marriott Cambridge		290 ft (88 m)	26	1988		Area 2/MIT	Tallest building built in the 1980s.
—	WJIB radio tower		285 ft (87 m)	N/A	1948		Neighborhood Nine	Mast radiator for WJIB and supports its FM translator, W267CE.
5	Proto Kendall Square		284 ft (87 m)	22	2018		Area 2/MIT	Also known as Ames Street Residences
6	40 Thorndike Street		282 ft (86 m)	22	1974		East Cambridge	Formerly the Sullivan Courthouse. Tallest building built in the 1970s.
7	MIT SoMa Building 5		280 ft (85 m)	18	2020	Houses offices and the MIT Museum	Area 2/MIT
8	Archstone North Point		277 ft (84 m)	22	2008		East Cambridge	Known as Avalon North Point.
9=	Eastgate Student Housing		270 ft (82 m) (est.)	30	1967		Area 2/MIT	Highest floor count in Cambridge.
9=	101 Main St		270 ft (82 m)	18	1983		East Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers I		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers II		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
11=	Rindge Towers III		269 ft (82 m) (est.)	22	1970		North Cambridge
14	75 Ames Street (Stanley Building)		263 ft (80 m)	15	2014		Area 2/MIT
15=	Watermark Kendall West		248 ft (76 m) (est.)	23	2006		Area 2/MIT
15=	Tang Residence Hall		248 ft (76 m)	24	1972		Area 2/MIT
17	Twenty/20		237 ft (72 m)	20	2015		East Cambridge
18=	Museum Towers 1		234 ft (71 m)	24	1998		East Cambridge
18=	Museum Towers 2		234 ft (71 m)	24	1998		East Cambridge	Also called Regatta Riverview Residences.
20	One Broadway		230 ft (70 m)	17	1970		East Cambridge
21=	Peabody Terrace Apartments I		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
21=	Peabody Terrace Apartments II		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
21=	Peabody Terrace Apartments III		226.85 ft (69.14 m)	22	1964		Riverside
24	808 Memorial Drive		224 ft (68 m)	20	1975		Cambridgeport
25=	929 Mass Apartments		220.32 ft (67.15 m)	18	1976		Mid-Cambridge
25=	Mather House		220.32 ft (67.15 m) (est.)	18	1970		Riverside
27	1 Main St		210 ft (64 m)	14	1986		East Cambridge
28	One Memorial Drive		208 ft (63 m) (est.)	17	1986		Area 2/MIT
29	Market Central		207 ft (63 m)	19	2020		The Port	Formerly known as Mass+Main.
30	100 (100 Landsdowne St)		205 ft (62 m)	18	2005		Cambridgeport
31	Frank J. Manning Apartments		204 ft (62 m)	19	1976		Cambridgeport

Under construction

Name	Image	Height ft (m)	Floors	Year	Coordinates	Neighborhood	Notes	Ref.
MIT SoMa Building 3		238.5 ft (72.7 m)	14	2018		Area 2/MIT
MIT NoMa		295 ft (90 m)	25	2018		East Cambridge
325 Main Street		288.5 ft (87.9 m)	17	2020		Area 2/MIT	Part of MXD II
Parcel I		252 ft (77 m)	21	2020		East Cambridge	Height to tip - 270 ft (82 m)
Parcel E/F		250 ft (76 m)	21	2020		East Cambridge		[1]
Parcel G		220 ft (67 m)	14	2020		East Cambridge		[2]

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. 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.

Images for kids

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  The Cambridge skyline in April 2021.