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Directions
to Cornerstone Cohousing
BY T:
Take the Red Line to Alewife and exit by
the stairs towards the rear of the train.
When you exit the building, head straight ahead,
crossing over the street, following the path towards the
playing fields.
At the playing fields, turn left and continue on the path behind the
bleacher.
When the path exits the field, turn right onto Harvey
Street.
The coho begins with the first
building on the other side of the street, and stretches
on up Harvey. After you walk past the first long building, turn left
down the driveway to reach
the common house (175 Harvey), which is set back from the street.
BY BUS:
Take the # 77 bus which runs on Massachusetts Avenue and get off at
Cameron Street in North Cambridge.
Cameron Street comes into Massachusetts Avenue from the east, and
Harvey Street goes off Massachusetts
Avenue directly opposite Cameron. Walk down Harvey Street until you
reach Cornerstone on your right.
BY
CAR
FROM THE MASS PIKE OR 128N:
Take 128N off the Mass Pike and exit
onto Route 2E.
After 6 miles, take the
left-hand exit for Routes
16E/3N (labeled Arlington/Medford).
Turn right at the first light (Mobil gas station) onto Massachusetts Avenue.
In less than half a mile, you’ll come to a traffic light, where a huge
sign on your right indicates
Buy-Rite Liquors. Cedar
Street forks off to your right.
Take Cedar Street and turn right almost immediately at the blinking
light onto Harvey Street.
The Coho is several
blocks down the street, on your right.
It is a group of contemporary yellow buildings
just past Cambridge Lumber.
FROM
93N:
Take Exit 29 – Somerville/Everett. Go down ramp, staying to the left.
Go straight through two close lights and stay right. Follow the sign
for N93-38 Lawrence.
Merge right onto Route 38N.
Go 5 lights past the entrance to 93N on right, Staples on left. Stay in
the left lane.
At the 5th light, get in
far left turning lane and turn left onto Harvard Street.
Go 3 lights. At the blinking red light (Powderhouse Circle), make a
right into the rotary,
go halfway around, and follow the sign for Davis
Square onto College Avenue.
Continue to the bottom of the hill, and at the complicated five-way
intersection,
go straight across (actually slightly angled to the
right) through Davis Square onto Dover.
You will have the Somerville theater on your right at that corner.
Take Dover to the end, which is Massachusetts
Avenue, and turn right
onto Massachusetts.
Take a left at the second light onto Harvey Street.
The Coho is several
blocks down the street, on your right.
It is a group of contemporary
yellow buildings
just past Cambridge Lumber.
From
93S:
Take the exit for Route 16E (about exit 31).
Go straight through the light at the exit ramp onto Harvard Street.
Follow the directions above, beginning at “Go 3 lights.”
FROM
WATERTOWN:
Take route 16E (Mount Auburn Avenue).
When you come to Mount Auburn Cemetery on your right,
turn left onto
Aberdeen,
following 16E.
After a block, turn right
onto Huron.
NOTE: From here on, the directions are intended for
non-rush-hour driving – they are
main
streets and
therefore very crowded during prime time. Alternate directions are below at the **
After another block, take a left onto Fresh Pond Parkway (routes 2E and
3N)
Stay following that
road. You’ll navigate two rotaries and go over
a bridge. As you drive over
the bridge, you’ll see Alewife T
station looming ahead on your left.
At the light at the end of the bridge, turn right onto Rindge Ave.
In several blocks, you’ll come to an
intersection with a
couple of low brick buildings on your right.
Take a left there, onto Jackson
Street, which is a
one-way street.
Jackson ends at Harvey Street, right in
front of the beginning of the Coho buildings.
Turn left onto Harvey, which is also a one-way street, and park.
** Rush Hour
Alternative To
Above
After a block, cross over Fresh Pond Parkway and continue on Huron for
several blocks.
The road will curve left and go steeply uphill.
Continue through the light at the top of this hill. At the next light,
take the far left onto Sherman,
staying to the right of the fire station.
Sherman ends on Rindge – turn
left there.
Turn right just after the
cemetery onto Jackson Street, a one-way
street.
Jackson ends at Harvey Street, right in
front of the beginning of the Coho buildings.
Turn left onto Harvey, which is also a one-way street, and park.
FROM
DOWNTOWN BOSTON:
Take Storrow Drive to
Route 2 towards Cambridge and follow the "From
Watertown"
directions
above, starting at “NOTE.”
PARKING:
On Sundays, you can
park on the street. At other times,
you should arrange
with a resident to use their parking permit during your stay.
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