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University Park at MIT
38 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

64 Sidney Street is named for Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to MIT and a well-known sanitation scientist

photo: Anton Grassl

The Richards Building
64 Sidney Street
Cambridge, MA 02139


Size: 126,065 square feet
Stories: 5
Year built: 1990
Major tenants: Alkermes, a developer of pharmaceutical products and drug delivery technologies (www.alkermes.com); Genzyme BioSurgery, developers of biotech products used to improve or replace surgery (www.genzymebiosurgery.com); and Peptimmune, a developer of peptide therapies to improve the management of chronic autoimmune and inflammatory disorders. (www.peptimmune.com)
Features: Named for Ellen Swallow Richards, the first woman admitted to MIT and a well-known sanitation scientist, the Richards Building fronts on the 1.3-acre University Park Common.
Architects: Koetter Kim & Associates