Porter Square Books

Porter Square Books is a bookstore in , , which is located on Massachusetts Avenue. Porter Square Books is situated nearby to the health club , as well as near .
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  • Opening hours:
    Monday—Friday: 7:00 AM—8:00 PM
    Saturday and Sunday: 8:00 AM—7:00 PM
  • Type: Bookstore
  • Address: 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Porter station and Harvard College Observatory.

Metro station
is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority transit station in . It serves the Red Line rapid transit line, the MBTA Commuter Rail Fitchburg Line, and several MBTA bus lines. is situated 410 feet north of Porter Square Books.

Observatory
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is an institution managing a complex of buildings and multiple instruments used for astronomical research by the Harvard University Department of Astronomy. is situated 3,200 feet southwest of Porter Square Books.

Retail building
Photo: Daderot, Public domain.
The is an historic residential and commercial building at 1853 Massachusetts Avenue in . The three-story brick building was built in 1882 by Andrew Jackson Lovell, with two specific commercial tenants in mind.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Porter Square and Avon Hill Historic District.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in and , located around the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Somerville Avenue, between and Squares.

Neighborhood
The is a residential historic district near in . Set atop Avon Hill southwest of , this subdivision, laid out about 1870, contains a concentration of the finest Victorian and Second Empire residential buildings in the city.

Neighborhood
, formerly known as Agassiz and also called Harvard North, Area 8 or Agassiz/Baldwin, is one of the thirteen neighborhoods of , United States.

Porter Square Books

Latitude
42.38726° or 42° 23′ 14″ north
Longitude
-71.11898° or 71° 7′ 8″ west
Open location code
87JC9VPJ+WC
Open­Street­Map ID
node 560218267
Open­Street­Map feature
shop=­books
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