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Cambridge Public Library
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, adjacent to Harvard Yard, and down the street from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Cambridge Public Library represents a cultural beacon…
MIT Chapel & Kresge Auditorium
Born in a small town on the southern coast of Finland, Eero Saarinen emigrated to Michigan in the 1920s and was raised by his father Eliel, an architect, and mother Loja, a textile artist. Educated…
New State House
Charles Bulfinch was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1763 to Thomas and Susan Bulfinch. Charles was sent to Harvard and graduated in 1781. However, no profession seemed to interest him during war…
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MIT Ray and Maria Stata Center
World renowned architect, Frank Gehry, is widely considered to be one of the world’s most significant and influential contributors to contemporary art and architecture. Frank Gehry’s mystifying use of forms, shapes, and building materials have…
Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School, although not an interesting location to visit, is an important part of Boston’s history. As an institution, it has been educating the students of this city for close to 400 years has had a significant impact on the lives of the…
Maurice J. Tobin Memorial Bridge
The Mystic Bridge, more famously known as the Maurice J. Tobin Bridge, was constructed between April 1948 and February 1950. It replaced the Chelsea Street Bridge, which could not handle the traffic load caused by the expanding suburbs after World…
Cambridge Public Library
Located in the heart of Cambridge, Massachusetts, adjacent to Harvard Yard, and down the street from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Cambridge Public Library represents a cultural beacon attracting students, families, and people of all…
Boston City Hall
Kallmann and Michael McKinnell. Kallmann was a professor and McKinnell was a graduate student, both at Columbia University in New York (Kallmann 33). After winning the competition, these two would go on on to establish the Kallmann McKinnell & Wood…
Fenway Park
In early 1911, John I. Taylor, the first owner of the Boston Red Sox scouted locations across Boston for a new ball park to be built. After a plot of land between Ipswich and Lansdowne Street was found, construction of the now famous Fenway Park…
Boston History
A project by the Humanities and Social Sciences Department, Wentworth Institute of TechnologyStudents at the Wentworth Institute of Technology, working with history professor Ella Howard, share their research with the public here. Boston History is powered by Omeka + Curatescape. Read more About Us