Photo Essay
The Quarry
Once a 20th century granite quarry called Babson Farm Quarry, the space now serves as a pool for ducks to swim and visitors to admire.
Rolleiflex
From the Rockport photoessay: A view of the ocean is seen through the viewfinder of a vintage dual-reflex Rolleiflex camera. The photographer looks down into the waist-level viewfinder to take a square, large format photograph.
Crashing Waves
On a windy day like Sunday, waves can reach several feet high and break over the long barrier of rocks.
Rocky Rockport
A former granite quarry, Halibut Point offers respite from busy student life with self-guided walking trails and expanisve views of the Atlantic ocean.
Photo Essay: Allston
Crimson photographer Derek G. Xiao explores Allston, where two-thirds of the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is scheduled to move to in 2020.
Constructing the Harvard Life Lab
A chain-link fence surrounds a sign for the Harvard Innovation Lab. The University is currently constructing the Harvard Life Lab, slated to open in September 2016, a modular biotech addition to the existing i-lab dedicated to supporting student research and enterprise in biotechnology.
Trash and Recycle
A collection of trash and recycle bins sit behind the construction site for the "Gateway project." Construction on the building will continue through 2016, though University administrators are unsure at this point whether to dedicate it for academic purposes, or use it as a “mixed use institutional building” as originally intended.
A Lone Wheel Loader
A wheel loader bearing the Harvard crest sits idle on site construction for the new School of Engineering and Applied Sciences complex. Two-thirds of the SEAS faculty is scheduled to move across the Charles in 2020.
The Continuum
The Continuum's hours are displayed on its lobby windows. Harvard and city officials broke ground on the residential and retail complex--located at the corner of North Harvard Street and Western Avenue--in late 2013, with tenants moving into the completed building this past fall.
Road Signs
A road sign along North Harvard Street in Allston gives directions to Harvard Square, ahead. Several projects aiming to expand the University's campus to its Allston neighborhood are already underway, with several more set to begin in the next few years.
Soldiers Field Road
Soldiers Field Road separates the University's main campus in Cambridge and Allston. Construction is resuming in the Allston campus after delays related to the 2008 financial crisis.
