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Cambridge Day7d
‘Street Fighting Days’ overlays violence of 1970s on a still-familiar geography of Harvard Square
In this first-person account of Harvard Square in the 1970s, feral teens hurl rocks at cops in antiwar demonstrations and ...
The Boston Globe20d
Harvard Square’s most prominent vacant property is still dark. Now officials want answers from its owner.
CAMBRIDGE — It’s been 13 years since the Harvard Square Theatre showed its last blockbuster, and hosted its last “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” show. The only reminders of its heyday are ...
Smithsonian Magazine10d
Inside the Plan to Get 100,000 Homeless Off the Streets
Homeless shelters became widespread during ... “It wasn’t working,” says Eric Belsky, a Harvard University housing scholar. “What you needed to do was get people into housing, then provide ...
‘Shooter just ran by the train’: Images of person of interest released following gunfire at Harvard
Transit Police released images of a person of interest in connection with gunfire on the southbound platform inside the ...
The Harvard Crimson18d
Cone and Get It: Students and Cambridge Residents Head to Ben & Jerry’s for Free Cone Day
The Harvard Square branch of Ben & Jerry’s partnered with the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter for the annual tradition, offering an extra scoop for people who made donations starting at three ...
Boston.com19d
Officials want answers from billionaire owner of the vacant Harvard Square Theatre
Harvard Square is marred by at least a dozen of vacant storefronts, including, notably, the nearly century-old Harvard Square Theatre on Church Street. It’s been closed since 2012, and ...