Smoke-belching manhole. Photo by Matty Wags.
Cambridge Police report a manhole exploded on Brattle Street in Harvard Square around 8:34 a.m. No injuries, but "Harvard Square is closed to vehicle traffic, and pedestrian traffic is restricted" and, really, police would prefer if you avoided the square altogether, even if you are parents moving your kid into a Harvard dorm.
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Transformer fire in Harvard Square this morning @universalhub pic.twitter.com/vSI1F2yvr4
— Matty Wags (@WagsTheMatty) August 30, 2023
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Personhole
By John Costello
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 10:57am
Get with the times Adam.
Move in
By Hunter
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:20am
Move in on the Yard pretty much ended last weekend for the majority of the freshman. This weekend is the river houses.
Thanks, I stand corrected
By adamg
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:37am
Original post updated, although I called them "dorms" instead of "houses," I admit.
First-year students live in dorms
By Ron Newman
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:49am
After that, they live in "houses".
Ayup
By adamg
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:53am
But to the rest of the world, they're still dorms.
Houses and Halls
By Hunter
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:56am
The student residences are never referred to as dorms or dormitories. Main Yard has places like Straus Hall, Wigglesworth Hall and so on. The river has Eliot House, Kirkland House, etc.
The first time I stepped on campus ...
By Friartuck
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:48pm
And saw Wigglesworth, all I could think of was George Hamilton's alter character, Bunny Wigglesworth, in Zorro the Gay Blade
Yup, I'm old AF
Back in the day ...
By Friartuck
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:59am
Cafe Algiers caused many comparable explosions.
Manhole explosions
By Plen-T-Pak
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:51pm
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"If at all possible, people
By nathanw
Wed, 08/30/2023 - 2:08pm
"If at all possible, people should avoid traveling through Harvard Square"
This is good advice any day of the year.
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