Join authors Karen Weintraub and Michael Kuchta for a series of free walking tours exploring Cambridge’s legacy of innovation, adaptation, and revolutionary ideas. Based on their book Born in Cambridge: 400 Years of Ideas and Innovators, these tours will uncover the people, places, and events that have shaped the city’s unique role in history. Explore the “secret sauce” that has made Cambridge the home of so many creative people and new ideas.
On April 26th, 2025, Weintraub and Kuchta will lead a 90 minute walking tour of the Cambridgeport neighborhood. The tour will start and end outside 899 Main Street (Toscanini’s Central Square) and discuss Cambridge’s candy industry, pioneering author Margaret Fuller, the Fig Newton, Alvan Clark’s telescopes, public radio personalities Tom and Ray Magliozzi, the early days of Zipcar, and other Cambridgeport pioneers.
This tour is supported by the City of Cambridge and MA 250.
