Harvard Square is a triangular plaza at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street and John F. Kennedy Street near the center of 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 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 station, a major MBTA Red Line subway and a bus transportation hub.
Harvard Square in 2015
Aerial view of the Mass Ave/Brattle Street junction, with Harvard Yard at the right
The offices of Dewey, Cheetham, and Howe, formerly home of the radio show Car Talk. The sign was installed in 1992 when the show began and was preserved after it ended, including through a gut-renovation to the building in the early 2020s.
Chess players in Harvard Square
Massachusetts Avenue (metropolitan Boston)
Massachusetts Avenue is a major thoroughfare in Boston, Massachusetts, and several cities and towns northwest of Boston. According to Boston magazine, "Its 16 miles of blacktop run from gritty industrial zones to verdant suburbia, homeless encampments, passing gentrified brownstones, college campuses and bustling commercial strips."
Massachusetts Avenue near Beacon Street in Boston
77 Massachusetts Avenue, the site of MIT, an important landmark in Cambridge
Massachusetts Avenue forms the commercial heart of Cambridge's Central Square.