Whimsical Monday

This is a section of the Stata Center at MIT. It is a must see if you ever visit the Boston area. You can see the front view from a post I did in June 2007. The building was designed by Frank Gehry; another Frank Gehry building can be found on Prague Daily Photo. Information on the MIT building can be found on MIT's website here.

Wednesday Doorway

This weeks Doorway is the Harvard Lampoon brightly colored door you see above. Located at the intersection of Mt. Auburn, Bow, and Plympton Streets on a triangular bit of land stands an odd-shaped building that has a turret at one end. This building is the Harvard Lampoon Building, or Harvard Lampoon Castle, as it is some times called. The brick building has several features that make it stand out despite its diminutive size. First, it is a narrow, wedge-shaped building that fits within the confines of the parcel. This makes the building appear to be in the middle of the road. Next, the turret that is between Bow and Mt. Auburn Streets has a brightly colored door. On the apex of the pointed roof is an ibis. Third, it has distinctive sides that have a Flemish style architecture to them. Near the top on the Mt. Auburn Street side are two dates: 1906, when the building was built, and 1875, when the Harvard Lampoon Club was founded.

The building was designed by Edmund Wheelwright and built for the Harvard Lampoon Club, a social club. This club publishes the Harvard Lampoon, which is currently the longest running English-language humor magazine.


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Source for this information comes from waymarking.com

Skywatch Friday

Sky as viewed from stairs leading out of the Kendall Sq. Subway Station.
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The World at Kendall Square

Another view of "The World" from three years ago.

Out of Town News

Thursday: This New Building

This new building is the future home of the Sloan School of Management at MIT. Business must be good.

Wednesday Doorway

This week's doorway is the Out of Town News stand in Harvard Square.

Wednesday Doorway

This weeks doorway was shot a few weeks ago on Mass. Ave. in Cambridge. I loved the colors of the store and especially its name - Weirdo Records.

People's Republik

This mural caught my eye as I was walking on Massachusetts Ave in Central Square yesterday. It is on a bar named the People's Republik - some of the letters on the sign are reversed to simulate Cyrillic script. A nice little joke since Cambridge is referred to around here as the People's Republic of Cambridge because of its tendency to left wing causes.

Vantage Point Over Boston I

View from Boston looking north to Cambridge. The Longfellow Bridge over the Charles River and Kendall Square can been seen.

Stata Center, MIT

The Stata Center is a Frank O. Gehry designed building on the MIT campus and houses the Computer Sciences, Linguistics, and Philosophy Departments. More photos...

Longfellow Bridge

Finale in Harvard Square

Hollis Hall, Harvard

Kendall Square World

Duck Tour Boat

One of the Boston Duck Tour sightseeing tours in the Charles River.

Charles River - Cambridge

Charles River looking to the Cambridge, Kendall Square side.