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Great! Now, how about the
Great! Now, how about the Bertucci's, can they please renegotiate too?
Tasty
And while you're at it, bring back the Tasty.
ummm
That bertuccis Been gone!
This is a travesty. Harvard
This is a travesty. Harvard Square could use another corporate bank, cell phone store, nail salon, or Irish pub.
Five years ago, maybe
Every damn place that's closing now is turning into a damned frogurt place.
When people hear I'm from Cambridge
one of their first reactions is usually, "Wow, you must really hate Harvard Square now!"
Well yes, yes I do! Keep in up, landlords. You're doing great work!
You mean "landlord"
I.e. Harvard University. I'm under the impression that they own most of the empty storefronts on Mass Ave and elsewhere, because they'd rather write them off than rent them at "below-2008-market" rates and devalue the rest of their property (where, by "devalue", I mean "acknowledge the actual value of").
I was under the impression
I was under the impression that Cambridge Savings Bank was the power for evil behind the Tasty/Wursthaus building. I'm sure there are more, too. This is not at all meant to absolve Harvard from its sins, just spread the blame to the other Super Lames.
Could be. I was thinking
Could be. I was thinking specifically of the dozens of empty storefronts between Harvard and Central on Mass Ave (mostly between Trowbridge St. and Central). I was told that they're mostly Harvard properties by a friend who may have even known what he was talking about.
Out of the hundreds of
Out of the hundreds of storefronts in Harvard Square, the only ones I know of which are owned by Harvard are the Harvard Bookstore/Bartley's building, the JP Licks/Leavitt & Peirce building, the Holyoke Center, and the glass box on Mt. Auburn which used to be the Globe Corner Bookstore.
And the Wordsworth Books
And the Wordsworth Books location is still empty, after _twelve years_.
A crime against humanity, imo
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Twelve Years. Jesus H. Christ
Twelve Years. Jesus H. Christ, how time flies. It ain't the Harvard Square of my youth, that's for sure. It's not even the Harvard Square of my 30s.
But not their warehouse...
... it became a school.
What "Landmark"?
This isn't even the same Dunkies as in the movie, where it's about the 27th most notable Cambridge landmark.
I always think of Ali McGraw
I always think of Ali McGraw and the Oxford Spa .
I've still never seen that
I've still never seen that movie; I probably should. I'll never forget the time my friend brought her sister to Boston, and when we were driving to Harvard Square, she was like "It's that bridge from that movie!" and of course she was talking about the one with Joe Pesci.