The Davis Square Community

The big, big difference is that the Aquarium was in very close proximity to residences (just above the ex-Yoga studio, just behind on the odd side of wallace, just across the parking lot on the even side of Wallace, and just across Holland). Elm St., on the other hand, has only businesses, I think, in the entire block between Elm and Holland, and between Elm and Herbert, and about halfway down the long block between Elm and Cottage. I don't yet have an opinion whether the late night atmosphere, which I've noticed too, is good for the square, and I've no idea how it is for the closest neighbors, but the same ambiance at the Aquarium is very different. The folks at Orleans have been quite neighborly, and I hope that continues since a nightclub atmosphere there would have a much greater effect on much nearer neighbors.