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The Crimson

Cambridge Honors Book Store Owners

Plympton Street now has another landmark—Frank, Mark & Pauline Kramer Square.  Harvard Book Store, a destination for famous authors such as Stephen King and Al Gore ’69, drew a crowd of its own when the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Plympton Street on which it stands was rechristened in honor of the store’s founding family.

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Boston Globe

A standing ovation for a Harvard Stage

Who would have thought Harvard would pick architects Leers Weinzapfel to create a modern undergraduate theater out of the old Hasty Pudding Club building in Harvard Square?

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The Crimson

Harvard Square Turns Digital

If you thought a walk down Holyoke Street without a whiff of decomposing food was pure fantasy, think again. Thanks to a new partnership between the Harvard Square Business Association and Everyscape Inc., an online mapping company, Harvard Square is now available online—minus all its sensory excitements—as a ‘virtual world’ for web users worldwide.

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The Tech

Free Wireless Access Points Placed Across Cambridge

Wireless access points have been deployed in parts of Cambridge, Mass., as part of the experimental stage of the Cambridge Public Network, a project which started a couple of years ago to provide the entire city with free wireless Internet access. The initial access points are set up in areas including Harvard Square and NewTown Court on the corner of Windsor Street and Mass. Ave

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Publisher’s Weekly

Potter Parties Pack Punch

On Friday night, July 21, Harry Potter parties were everywhere, in every state in the Union, and many countries throughout the world. Chain bookstores held a host of events, including a huge one at Barnes & Noble in NYC’s Union Square,