![]() We may not have the history and the architectural feel that you find elsewhere, but already more than 1,000 people call Assembly Row home.Īnd we’re steadily growing into a place that has everything you would want in a home: outside parks, short walks to shopping and entertainment, endless coffee options, a highly sought-after grocery store opening soon, and easy access into the city (via our own Orange Line stop) or out of it. What are some of the misconceptions about it?įirst, that we’re not a neighborhood. Licks? Another nod to history, as shipyards dotted this land in the 1800s, when the Mystic River developed into a transportation corridor from Boston to the region.Īnd there are so many others, as we really tried to impart a bit of history and sense of place along the Row. The miniature ships encased on the wall across from J.P. After all, the Ford assembly plant that stood here from 1926 to 1958 was the only place where the Ford Edsel was fully built and assembled. The unique design carved into the brick outside Earls? The Edsel emblem, which is central to our history. Those big trusses that tower above the amphitheater, and later this year will be joined by others on the south end? They were reclaimed from the Central Steel building that once stood on this property and now stand as an icon that connects the present to the past. Those little plaques you step on every few feet on the sidewalks? Each reads “You Are Here” in a different one of the 62 languages that are spoken in Somerville. When you’re here, you can see it show up in big and small ways. Tell us something(s) we don't know about the area.Īssembly Row may be the new kid on the block, but we’re passionate about our history and our connection to Somerville. Not bad for what used to be the state’s biggest brownfields site. All complemented by a new public plaza that will feature bocce courts, fountain and fire features, and bookended by jewel-box retail buildings. Partners Healthcare opened its headquarters on the southern end of our campus and began moving in its employees.Īnd our office building at 450 Artisan Way became 100 percent occupied.Īnd anyone who’s been here recently knows that there’s more on the way.Ĭonstruction is ongoing on Phase 2 that will include 447 apartments, 122 condos (which are almost 60 percent sold already), a 159-room boutique hotel, and another 170,000 square feet of retail. We opened Muse Paintbar, providing another entertainment option. In the last year alone, we’ve added more restaurants with Totto Ramen and Southern Kin (we’re a little partial to the chicken and waffles). It seems like there’s something new just about every time you come, some new way to create your experience-whether you live here, work here, shop here, or just relax here. But we think this shows how Assembly Row continues to mature. We were ecstatic to win the Curbed Cup once, never mind twice. He also answers the haters who don’t (at least not yet) consider Assembly Row a proper neighborhood.Īssembly Row has famously repeated in the Curbed Cup. Patrick McMahon, director of development at Assembly Row developer Federal Realty Investment Trust, breaks down over email what makes the neighborhood tick and what to expect in 2017-and beyond. Somerville’s Assembly Row won the Curbed Cup earlier this month for the second consecutive year, meaning that a plethora of Curbed Boston readers consider the newish enclave on the Mystic the region’s best neighborhood.
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