Kendall Square

Friendly Toast in a jam

adamg — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:42:27 -0500

The Tech reports on the new - but already popular - Kendall Square haunt's financial issues.

Microsoft layoffs hit Kendall Square

adamg — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:40:26 -0500

Xconomy reports.

Maybe the traffic on Mass. Ave. was wicked bad

adamg — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 23:05:20 -0400

16WadeSt reports these Cambridge firefighters took the T from Kendall to Central this evening.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

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Switch problems at Park Street, but not on the Green Line for a change

adamg — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:24:31 -0400

As Pat Goss puts it:

Looks like the green line switch invaded the red line and won!

Meanwhile, MBTA Transit Police Service Area 2 assures us:

No fire at Kendall MBTA. Red Line Dispatcher reports train was creating sparks that caused small smoke condition. Should be clear shortly.

Red Line fail report

adamg — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:24:05 -0400

Drew Stanton tweets around 6:30 p.m.:

25 minutes to go from Central Sq to Kendall Sq (1 stop) on the Red Line. The stops are a mile apart.

Feathers, roti and music

adamg — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:49:18 -0400

We went to the Caribbean parade and festival in Kendall Square today. As usual, the feathered costumes were amazing.

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Teen held for slashing man at Kendall T stop

adamg — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:20:15 -0400

Wicked Local Cambridge has the details on the Friday-night incident involving an alleged punk with a knife and a man who didn't want to give up his laptop.

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Red Line riders: It's such a nice day, why not walk across the Longfellow?

adamg — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 17:11:00 -0400

Antsy tweets it just took 20 minutes to get from Kendall to Charles/MGH on the Red Line.

UPDATE: Not wanting to feel left out, the Green Line is having problems too, this time due to power issues at Government Center.

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Don't you hate it when your coffee cup fails?

adamg — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:21:36 -0400

Shane Curcuru gets coffee at the Kendall Square Au Bon Pain, promptly remembers why he stopped going there, including:

... ABP cups have a far higher failure rate than other local shops - more often than not while driving or walking to work, I get a steady stream of drips down the seam side of the cup, from right under the edge of the lid. Either the seams are too uneven, or the plastic lids are too inflexible. It's disappointing, and today I forgot to wrap a napkin around the edge of the cup, and so got dripped today. ...

Behind the 'Biotech Looting' billboard in Kendall Square

adamg — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:04:16 -0400

Jon Chesto explains how it's the work of Ray Rogers, the guy who tried to derail Deval Patrick over "killer Coke." This time, he's working for an IBEW local.