Talk:Harvard Square

message: I don't think it's strictly accurate to describe it as a "shopping area".  --Daniel C. Boyer 19:14, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: "Shopping area" accurate?

message: I thought it would be a great idea if we could improve this towards featured article status. There's a lot of good work here and on related pages. Good luck! Sdedeo 23:57, 10 August 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Go for Featured Article status?

message: I wonder if someone local might add a bit about the various fringe religious and political street preachers whom I've often seen there. The ones I've seen most frequently (on rare visits over the past five or so years) are the Revolutionary Communist Party USA and a rather scruffy-looking Roman Catholic preacher with a bullhorn. --FOo 08:53, 1 November 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Political and religious preachers 

message: Hi, I am a co-owner of Cambridge Artists' Cooperative, a gallery of contemporary America fine crafts, located on church street in Harvard Square.  We have been in business for 18 years and I would love it if you could include us in  your article on Harvard Square.  
Please contact me for more information!
Thanks,
Karen Kelley
kkwired@msn.com
617-661-1449
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.239.29.121 (talk • contribs) 07:45, 6 October 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cambridge Artists' Cooperative

message: Hey guys, the "Boston Squares" link under Related Links gave me a 404 error. 130.64.128.191 21:48, 25 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Working as of this date. Lentower 04:18, 8 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: 404 error "Boston Squares" link

message: Um, what's with all the past sense shit? globalization is here so get over it, ivytrash! —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.163.155.65 (talk • contribs) 12:43, 6 March 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I am not Ivy anything.  That was my home.  I was born and raised 6 blocks from Harvard Square, and it was (once) the greatest place in this country.  I am not interested in 'globalization'.  I look at the square and see the smoking ruin of my home.  When this happens to you, I hope globalization is comfort enough for you. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Mthai66 (talk • contribs) 04:48, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Globalization and 'Ivytrash' 

message: Last time I was in Harvard Square (a few months ago) Ferranti-Dege was alive and well.  Can anyone confirm whether it has indeed closed, or if it's still open?
68.248.3.107 01:18, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Sorry, it's closed, as of late April I think.  More bad news:  so is the Greenhouse. Scolbath 22:25, 14 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Ferranti-Dege status?

message: The Cambridge article has history about the Square, that could be adapted for this article in a straightforward manner.  National Register of Historic Places listings in Cambridge, Massachusetts could be used to enhance the history in this article as well. Lentower (talk) 04:43, 7 January 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  History improvements 

message: Category:Harvard_Square should be cross-checked against the article, every so often.  And necessary changes make.  I have not done this. Lentower (talk) 22:43, 13 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cross-check article with <nowiki>[[Category:Harvard_Square]]</nowiki> 

message: I've updated, cleaned up, and reorganized parts of the article, revealing that the actual "History" section is extremely minimal.  There are plenty of interesting things that can be said about the history of Harvard Square. Just in terms of retailing, there were notable establishments such as the Acoustic Research showroom, Design Research store, CyberSmith (early Internet cafe), WGBH Store, Tech HiFi, Swatch store, Tower Records, HMV Records, etc. Some of these were pioneering concepts in the history of American retailing at large.  The rise and fall of record stores could fill out a paragraph by itself. The story of new and used bookstores could fill a separate subsection.
Also, the architectural significance of Holyoke Center, the Design Research store, the Harvard Coop, the various incarnations of the MBTA station, and the walled but porous presence of Harvard Yard need to be covered. The huge Eliot Street Yards of the MBTA, and their replacement by John F. Kennedy Memorial Park and Harvard Kennedy School of Government are significant. I don't recall mention of the Harvard Square Business Association or various neighborhood associations, such as the Mid Cambridge Neighborhood Association, which was instrumental in getting a Harvard Square zoning overlay district enacted.
The book by Mo Lotman, listed in under "Further reading", is a major citable source, but there must be plenty of other sources. I would guess that there are interesting academic papers and business school case studies as well, given the proximity of Harvard to this longtime retail center. Reify-tech (talk) 18:28, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
replies: text: Bunting, Bainbridge. Harvard: An Architectural History (1985). 350 pp., as well as http://books.google.com/books/about/Harvard_University.html?id=bYhPAAAAMAAJ are good references about Harvard's architecture. — Lentower (talk) 22:45, 13 April 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Suggested improvements 

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