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Waltham is a metropolitan city of 57,878,
situated nine miles from Boston, encompassing a
total area of 13.6 square miles. The Charles
River cuts a path through the southern section
of Waltham used throughout history for
transport, water, and industry.
Today, the Charles
River has given way to Rout 128 as the main
economic center in the City. In the Greater
Boston area, Waltham has the second largest
office market behind Boston. Waltham has a
diverse housing stock, with dense multi-family
housing in the southern section of the City and
larger lot single-family housing in the northern
section. The City also boasts large park and
open space facilities such as Prospect Hill Park
an the Robert Treat Paine Estate. With an
aggressive revitalization program, Waltham is
witnessing the rebirth of its historic downtown
and is providing better public access to its
greatest natural resource, the Charles River. |
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