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Rindge Towers is an affordable housing development in Cambridge, Massachusetts.〔(Cambridge City Council has a future ), The Boston Globe, May 16, 1999〕 Completed in 1970, the three 22-story towers make up a 504-unit〔Hurley, Mary. (Tenants fight to keep affordable apartments ), The Boston Globe, September 12, 1999〕 apartment complex located in close proximity to the Alewife MBTA station at the terminus of the Red Line. The towers are named for Frederick H. Rindge, the philanthropist who funded construction of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, Cambridge City Hall, and the Cambridge Public Library. The towers are built in the Le Corbusier style, which advocated dense high-rise housing complexes set within parks and open spaces. This style has since fallen out of fashion in favor of mixed-use and mixed-income development.〔 By far the tallest buildings in North Cambridge, the imposing,〔 monolithic towers dominate the skyline〔 in the surrounding area. Also known as "Fresh Pond Apartments I, II and III", their height is estimated at .〔(Fresh Pond Apartments at Emporis.com ) Accessed 2015-03-17〕 Originally constructed to spur development in the Alewife region of Cambridge, the towers—like many high-rise housing projects of the era—quickly became associated with crime and fell into disrepair.〔Flint, Anthony (Giving density a bad name ), The Boston Globe, February 23, 2003〕 Living conditions at the towers have improved from their nadir in the 1980s.〔Walker, Adrian (Reclaimed: From troubled housing project to multicultural melting pot ), The Boston Globe, September 24, 2012〕 However, the complex is still a focus for law enforcement activity, and in 2008 the Cambridge Police opened a substation at the towers.〔Dunning, Matt. (Police open substation at Rindge towers ) The Cambridge Chronicle, May 06, 2008〕 == See also == * List of tallest buildings and structures in Cambridge, Massachusetts == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rindge Towers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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