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Established in 1636, Harvard is the oldest and most famous of all American universities. Every year, thousands of tourists make the short trip from Boston to Cambridge to walk across Harvard Yard, rub the foot of the John Harvard statue for good luck, as the student tradition goes, and admire its most notable buildings such as Massachusetts Hall (1720), Harvard's oldest building, the Widener Library, named after Elkins Widener who died on the Titanic in 1912 and, with over 3 million books, the third largest library in the US, Holden Chapel, and Memorial Church. You can go on a guided tour of the campus or better yet, just roam around on your own and pretend for an afternoon that you're a Harvard student! Leave a Comment
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More a neighborhood than just a square, Harvard Square is centered on the intersection of John F. Kennedy Street and Massachusetts Avenue. It's an eclectic neighborhood, featuring restaurants that range from the very cheap to the very expensive, lots of little funky shops, selling clothes, jewelry, music, and books, little parks and meeting places, folks playing speed chess for money, and historical artifacts and monuments. Often, when the weather is warm, you will find live (and free) music dotting the little corners and parks in the Square....we once caught Mary Lou Lords playing out in Harvard Square!
Parking can be a little tight. There is a parkade acress from the Charles Hotel. The metered on-street parking near Memorial Hall fills up pretty quickly. Your other option may be to take the T into the Square. Leave a Comment
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Harvard was founded in 1636, only a few short years after the Pilgrims landed in Massachussetts. Now, it's a bustling, high-powered educational institution. It's campus features lots of open, green spaces, and its students also get to enjoy all the amenities in Harvard Square, nearby.
Harvard offers free walking tours. Stop by the Harvard University Events & Information Center, located in the Holyoke Center Arcade at 1350 Massachusetts Avenue (open 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Saturday), and you can get a student tour guide for free to walk you through the campus and give you the historical perspective. Leave a Comment
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Cambridge is all about community. Few things in Cambridge evoke that better than Cambridge Common. A community park a three-minute walk from Harvard Square, the common has place for people to lay out and catch a few rays, a baseball diamond which is always occupied with community softball once the weather is warm enough, and statues and war memorials, like the memorial shown here for the US Civil War.
If you're looking for a place to picnic, then consider Cambridge Common! Leave a Comment Directions: adjacent to 1 Garden Street, Cambridge MA map link
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Memorial Hall is Harvard's most distinguished building, in my opinion. Built in 1877, it commemorates the fallen soliders from the Civil War, and is owned by Harvard. Sander's Theatre, contained inside, is a great place for classical music concerts. I've attended once concert there, as well as the Ignobel Prize awards ceremony once. Leave a Comment
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Outstanding sculptures and monuments in a manicured landscape of tranquil lakes and decorative trees and flowers. Famous personal laid to rest here include poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. Christian Science founder Mary Baker Eddy, and statesman Henry Cabot Lodge. The central hill is topped by a tower from which you can survey the surrounding area. The cemetery is also popular with bird watchers, many of whom are usually spotted with their binoculars. Leave a Comment Directions: Mt. Auburn street, Bus #73 from Harvard Square.
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Most tourists want to see the main campus of the nation's oldest university (Harvard is actually spread over several locations). Aside from that, this is also home to many outstanding churches and interesting buildings. Harvard's excellent museums are also located here. Leave a Comment Directions: Subway Red line, Harvard Square.
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Harvard Square is a great place to spend a day and it is always a happening place, day or night. People from all walks of life make the Harvard Square area their home, from the "affectionately-named" "gutter-punks" who make "the pit" their home right outside the T stop all the way to the khaki-wearing Harvard Professors...each of whom pass each other daily without a blink.
Harvard University is located right across Mass Ave from the T stop and is a lovely walk. In Harvard Yard you will find people laying in the lush grass, strolling with a loved one, studying with their laptop under a large tree, playing frisbee...all within the large brick walls of the university.
Harvard Square is chock full of stores. From tiny little mom&pop shops to big name clothing stores such as Urban Outfitters and the Gap, there is a little something for everyone.
The Garage is an indoor mall filled with peircing and tattoo parlors, a music store, anime shops, alternative and peircing jewelry shop and Hootenanny (any MTV-watching or clubkid's clothing dream).
Restaurants are plentiful here. Mexican, indian, japanese, mongolian grill, dessert, burgers & fries...the world is your oyster in Harvard Square.
Street performers are a regular sight here and are usually putting on their shows next to the T stop in the warmer weather.
I love spending my spring and summer Sundays here.
Always something to do and see! Leave a Comment Address: Harvard Square T stopDirections: T stop: Red Line - Harvard Square
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This is Harvard's oldest standing building, built in 1720. It housed soldiers from the Continental Army during the American Revolution. Now, on its lower floors it houses Harvard administration offices, including the office of the university president, while its upper floors are freshmen dorms. Leave a Comment Directions: Harvard, facing out towards the Old Burying Ground
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This statue of John Harvard, founder of Harvard, is on Harvard's campus. The inscription on the statue reads "John Harvard, founder, 1638". The statue was cast in 1884, and currently stands in front of University Hall.
So, here are the "Three Lies":
- It's not a likeness of John Harvard. The statue was cast in 1884, and no one had (or has today either) any images of what John Harvard looked like.
- Well, I lied above, and John Harvard did not found Harvard.
- Harvard was founded in 1636, not 1638.
The statue is a popular stop on tours through Harvard, nonetheless! Leave a Comment Directions: Harvard
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