Talk:The Port, Cambridge
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"The Port"
[edit]I've made some edits the history and origin of the name. I grew up in Cambridge and the "the Port" is still a well-used term by Cambridge natives to refer to the area. Recently there have been moves in the Cambridge City Council to "official-ize" the Port as the neighborhood's name in planning documentation. There are already organizations and events that use "Port/Area IV" as a catch-all term for the area, for example the "Port/Area IV Pride Day"[1], as well as longstanding attempts to change the neighborhoods. There is also a socioeconomic discussion to be had about the name, the Port has generally been a working-class area and many see the loss of their name as a "hijacking" and feel the brunt of the folk etymology that Area IV was derived from a police district name. I deleted the reference to the police zone in this spirit, but I'm not intending to comment otherwise. Anyways, here are some sources[2] [3] [4] and here's a project courtesy of the Cambridge Historical Commission called "We are the Port"[5]. Please feel free to edit for grammar, but I move that the distinction between the Port and Area IV names should be kept. Thanks — Preceding unsigned comment added by CantabTT (talk • contribs) 00:04, 18 March 2015 (UTC)
References
- ^ https://www.cctvcambridge.org/node/254510
- ^ http://www.cambridgeday.com/2013/01/13/area-iv-residents-want-formal-process-to-change-neighborhoods-name-councillor-says/
- ^ http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/4/12/area-4-our-neighborhood-pmany-cambridge/?page=single
- ^ http://www.cambridgema.gov/citynewsandpublications/news/2015/02/historicalcommissionannouncespublicationofwearetheport.aspx
- ^ http://www.cambridgema.gov/citynewsandpublications/news/2015/02/historicalcommissionannouncespublicationofwearetheport.aspx
Wikidata list
[edit]Streets in the neighborhood of The Port (in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, US) in Wikidata: < https://w.wiki/L6h >. -- M2545 (talk) 10:08, 24 March 2020 (UTC)