“We are excited for sure. And it’s very nice-looking,” said Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association.  Just look at how the Portland Loo has made something

It’s good news for those who have had to answer nature’s call while out exploring Cambridge: After years of research and input from the community, the city will officially open

After years of planning, the first outdoor public bathroom opens Friday in Harvard Square. The toilet will be accessible 24 hours a day, seven days a week. “It’s comfortable, but

Tailor Joe Calautti put a suit coat on a hanger at Rizzo Tailors in … Jessica Rinaldi/Globe Staff … or Brioni but a little tailor shop above a grocer in

This weekend’s Head of the Charles Regatta brought with it more than just spandex-clad rowers and crowded bridges; for Harvard Square establishments, it also brought a boom in sales and

Time to bust out that Lederhosen. Oktoberfest is coming.  The 37th annual Oktoberfest and HONK! Parade in Cambridge’s Harvard Square arrives Sunday, October 11, and while the seasonally-appropriate jamboree features

Greater Boston is traditionally known as a hub of Irish-American culture: the Celtics, the Kennedys, the pubs called Murphy’s and Doyle’s and Clery’s. It may come as a surprise, then,

Club Passim has found a replacement for outgoing executive director Dan Hogan. Jim Wooster, who’s been the business manager for GlobalPost and has served on Passim’s board of directors, has

Harvard’s glass pavilion plan for plaza meets resistance. Fans of Forbes Plaza’s footloose style balk at project.

Homeless youth are a sad but very real fixture in Harvard Square and two recent Harvard grads, motivated by that grim reality, have gone about creating a shelter for them. 

Berk’s Shoes closed this week after 35 years in Harvard Square…