ABSTRACT
The City Formerly Known as Cambridge is a hypothetical (but entirely possible!) map of Cambridge, Massachusetts. During 2006–7, the Institute for Infinitely Small Things invited residents and visitors to the city to rename any public place in Cambridge. This was a big experiment to see what the city would look like if the people that live and work in Cambridge renamed it, right now. We collected over 330 new names along with reasons that ranged from vanity to politics to silliness to forgotten histories to the contested present. This map is a collection of the public’s names and stories about Cambridge, its diverse inhabitants and visitors, its traditions and ever-changing attitudes.
