Neighborhood Nine
Neighborhood Nine, also known as Peabody or Area 9, is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. It is mostly residential.
History
Much of the Cambridge Common used to extend into what is now Neighborhood Nine in the 17th century, which used to be a great forest. The neighborhood began to attract wealthy settlers in the Colonial history of [the United States|colonial era] as Harvard College was established; later, in the 19th century, it further attracted immigrant populations of Irish Americans.By the 20th century, the neighborhood was almost fully built up. Later on, the neighborhood's clay pits were turned into the city's dumpster, and after that into Danehy Park. Also, some mixed-income apartments were built.
Geography
Neighborhood Nine is bounded by Concord Avenue to the southwest, Massachusetts Avenue to the east, and through an imaginary line passing just short of Porter Square and Alewife Brook Parkway to the north. Garden St is a long street through the neighborhood; somewhat shorter streets include Sherman St, Raymond St, Linnaean St, and Upland Rd.Demographics
As of 2023, the neighborhood is home to 12,937 people, making it the city's most populated neighborhood. Of these, 63% are white, 11% are black, 13% are Asian, and 12.1% are "Mixed/Other". Also, 27.7% of them speak a language other than English at home. Moreover, as of the 2000 census, 23% of the neighborhood's residents were born abroad, and almost exactly half of them are immigrant families.Attractions
Notable attractions in Neighborhood Nine include:- the Cambridge Common,
- the Graham and Parks School,
- and Danehy Park.
Elizabeth Warren lives in the neighborhood at 24 Linnaean St, a house which she and her husband Bruce H. Mann had bought back in September 1995. On November 19, 2023, there was a protest calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza war outside her house; it's unknown whether she was inside at the time.