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<p><b>Lechmere Square</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/tʃ/: 'ch' in 'China'">tʃ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪr/: 'irr' in 'mirror'">ɪr</span></span>/</span></span> <i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">LEECH</span>-meer</i>) is located at the intersection of Cambridge Street and First Street in <a href="East_Cambridge%2C_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts" title="East Cambridge, Cambridge, Massachusetts">East Cambridge</a><a href="Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts" title="Cambridge, Massachusetts">, Massachusetts</a>. It was originally named for the Colonial-era landowner Richard Lechmere, a <a href="Loyalist_(American_Revolution)" title="Loyalist (American Revolution)">Loyalist</a> who returned to <a href="England" title="England">England</a> at the beginning of the <a href="American_Revolution" title="American Revolution">American Revolution</a>. His lands were later seized by the new American government. The shoreline is shown as <b>"Lechmere's Point"</b> on Revolutionary War maps, and was the landing point for British troops en route to the <a href="Battles_of_Lexington_and_Concord" title="Battles of Lexington and Concord">Battles of Lexington and Concord</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The area was developed by land speculator <a href="Andrew_Craigie" title="Andrew Craigie">Andrew Craigie</a> in the early 19th century. Later, a store was founded in the area and named for it. The <a href="Lechmere" title="Lechmere">Lechmere</a> store expanded into a regional chain, which was closed in 1997 as then-parent company <a href="Montgomery_Ward" title="Montgomery Ward">Montgomery Ward</a> filed for <a href="Chapter_11%2C_Title_11%2C_United_States_Code" title="Chapter 11, Title 11, United States Code">Chapter 11</a> <a href="Bankruptcy" title="Bankruptcy">bankruptcy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The area is now best known for the <a href="CambridgeSide" title="CambridgeSide">CambridgeSide</a> mall, one of the few full-fledged interior shopping malls within the city limits of <a href="Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a> and Cambridge, which is on the site of the original Lechmere store (and, when built, incorporated a newly built Lechmere Sales store as one of its anchor tenants). In years past, Lechmere Square was a manufacturing center producing candy, furniture, and caskets.

</p><p>Lechmere Square and the surrounding <a href="East_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="East Cambridge, Massachusetts">East Cambridge</a> are currently undergoing a revival of sorts. The area's factories have been or are being converted into office buildings and condominiums. Several large-scale development projects were begun in 2004 and 2005, and as a result <a href="East_Cambridge%2C_Massachusetts" class="mw-redirect" title="East Cambridge, Massachusetts">East Cambridge</a> and Lechmere Square have undergone a <a href="Gentrification" title="Gentrification">gentrification</a> process similar to what has been seen in other areas of Cambridge.

</p><p>Lechmere Square is served by <a href="Lechmere_station" title="Lechmere station">Lechmere station</a> of the <a href="Massachusetts_Bay_Transportation_Authority" title="Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority">Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority</a> (MBTA). The former surface-level station closed in May 2020 for construction of the <a href="Green_Line_Extension" title="Green Line Extension">Green Line Extension</a>; a replacement elevated station opened on March 21, 2022.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>The <a href="Charles_River" title="Charles River">Charles River</a>, <a href="Lechmere_Canal" title="Lechmere Canal">Lechmere Canal</a>, and <a href="Memorial_Drive_(Cambridge)" title="Memorial Drive (Cambridge)">Memorial Drive</a> are nearby. Lechmere is also located close to the <a href="Museum_of_Science%2C_Boston" class="mw-redirect" title="Museum of Science, Boston">Museum of Science</a>.

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<ul><li>Cambridge Historical Commission, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120930095250/http://www2.cambridgema.gov/historic/cambridgehistory.html">"History of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA"</a>. Retrieved May 27, 2014.</li>

<li>Discount Store News (1994), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130712160429/http://archive/#46;today/3qz5">"Montgomery Ward buys Lechmere; continues growth through acquisition"</a>. Retrieved May 27, 2014.</li>

<li>Boston Business Journal (1997), <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/1997/08/11/editorial2.html">"Lechmere: Joining the ghosts of retailers past"</a>. Retrieved May 29, 2005.</li></ul>

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</style><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52058301/all-27-lechmere-stores-close/">"All 27 Lechmere stores close; Montgomery Ward Struggling"</a>. <i><a href="The_Boston_Globe" title="The Boston Globe">The Boston Globe</a></i>. <a href="Associated_Press" title="Associated Press">Associated Press</a>. November 8, 1997. p. F1<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">May 24,</span> 2020</span>. <q>Consumer electronics giant Lechmere disappeared yesterday.</q></cite></span>

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