Union Square
Union Square is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. It is centered on Union Square proper, which is located at the intersection of Washington Street, Webster Avenue, and Somerville Avenue.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Union Square station and Somerville Journal Building.
Union Square station
Railway station
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Union Square station is a light rail station on the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Green Line located in the Union Square neighborhood of southeastern Somerville, Massachusetts. Union Square station is situated 1,200 feet southeast of Union Square.
Somerville Journal Building
Retail building
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The Somerville Journal Building is a historic commercial building in Somerville, Massachusetts. It was built in 1894 as offices and the printing facility for the Somerville Journal, a weekly publication that continues to exist as part of the "Wicked Local" franchise of GateHouse Media. Somerville Journal Building is situated 660 feet north of Union Square.
Central Library
Library
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The Central Library is the main branch of the Somerville, Massachusetts, public library system. It is an architecturally distinguished Renaissance Revival brick building designed by Edward Lippincott Tilton and was built in 1914 with funding assistance from philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. Central Library is situated 2,300 feet north of Union Square.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Inman Square and Brickbottom.
Inman Square
Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY 3.0.
Inman Square is a neighborhood and historic district in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It lies north of Central Square, at the junction of Cambridge, Hampshire, and Inman Streets near the Cambridge–Somerville border.
Brickbottom
Neighborhood
Brickbottom is an industrial district located in southeastern Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. Along with the nearby Inner Belt District, Brickbottom is a historically industrial zone of Somerville, with factories, warehouses, distribution centers, railroad connections, regional maintenance facilities, MBTA and Amtrak offices, retail stores and a hotel.
Union Square
- Type: Square
- Description: neighborhood of Somerville
- Categories: neighborhood in Somerville and locality
- Location: City of Somerville, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.37976° or 42° 22′ 47″ northLongitude
-71.09624° or 71° 5′ 47″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
87JC9WH3+WGOpenStreetMap ID
node 12145453172OpenStreetMap feature
place=square
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Japanese—“Union Square” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “联合广场”
- Chinese: “聯合廣場”
- Dutch: “Union Square”
- French: “Union Square”
- Japanese: “ユニオン・スクエア”
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