Harvard Square
YULETIDE JOY
Company members perform in the 39th annual production of “The Christmas Revels,” a collection of American holiday music traditions.
Chillin' in the Square
Cambridge residents and tourists see the Pit as a meeting spot as well as a place to sit down and rest in the Square.
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Cambridge youth often use the Pit, a sunken depression next to the Harvard Square T-stop, as a social gathering space.
Carols in the Square
Carolers sing in front of the information kiosk by the Harvard Square T-stop and the Pit.
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Tourists and Cambridge residents stream out of the Harvard Square T-stop, located at the heart of Harvard Square.
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Radio personality Garrison Keillor, host of "Prairie Home Companion" on Minnesota Public Radio, sings to a full house at the First Parish Church on Monday Dec 14.
Eccentric People Create Eclectic Pit
A man holds a sign outside the Harvard Square T-stop offering a “Free Bible Quiz.” Bruce M. Benson says his objective is not to convert people, but to start conversations with the people he encounters in the Square. And the Pit, the sunken amphitheater that surrounds the T-stop entrance, seemed the perfect place for interesting encounters.
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If the Cambridge City Council approves the proposal of former Mayor Francis H. Duehay ’55, the currently unnamed, triangular enclosed area located on the median at the intersection of Linden and Mount Auburn Streets will be named to commemorate journalist David L. Halberstam ’55.
