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Harvard Square
Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue (Boston), Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street (Cambridge, Massachusetts), Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The term "Harvard Square" is also used to delineate the business district and Harvard University surrounding that intersection, which is the historic center of Cambridge. Adjacent to Harvard Yard, the historic heart of Harvard University, the Square (as it is sometimes called, locally) functions as a commercial center for Harvard students, as well as residents of western Cambridge, the western and northern neighborhoods and the inner suburbs of Boston. The Square is served by Harvard (MBTA station), Harvard station, a major Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, MBTA Red Line (MBTA), Red Line Rapid transit, subway station and a bus transportation hub. The name "Harvard Square" can also refer to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brattle Street (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
Brattle Street in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts, called the "King's Highway" or "Tory Row" before the American Revolutionary War, is the site of many buildings of historical interest, including the modernist glass-and-concrete building that housed the Design Research (store), Design Research store, and a Georgian mansion where George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow both lived (though at different times), as well as John Vassall Jr., John Vassall and his seven slaves including Darby Vassall. Samuel A. Eliot (minister), Samuel Atkins Eliot, writing in 1913 about the seven Colonial mansions of Brattle Street's "Tory Row," called the area "not only one of the most beautiful but also one of the most historic streets in America." "As a fashionable address it is doubtful if any other residential street in this country has enjoyed such long and uninterrupted prestige."Survey of Architectural History in Cambridge: Old Cambridge, 1973 , Cambridge Historical C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
