1 THE MOST INNOVATIVE SQUARE MILE KILOMETER ON EARTH

What is Kendall Square? Geographically, it's a tiny plot of land that when outlined on a map looks kind of like a narrow-headed robot with a straight nose and pompadour haircut tipped on its side. It's located on what was once largely marsh and mud flats along the banks of the Charles River across from Boston, on the eastern edge of Cambridge. The Boston Consulting Group once famously called it "the most innovative square mile on earth."
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And that's the phrase the Kendall Square Association proudly wields as a slogan, substituting the planet for earth. But I've gone over the map many times, and even given some dispute over the exact boundaries, the total area is really just about a square kilometer.