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Exploding manhole shuts Harvard Square

By adamg on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 10:11am
Smoke belching manhole

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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Neighborhoods: 
Cambridge
Harvard Square
Topics: 
Driving
Free tagging: 
pedestrians
Exploding manholes


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Comments

By John Costello on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 10:57am.

Get with the times Adam.

By Hunter on 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.

By adamg on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:37am.

Original post updated, although I called them "dorms" instead of "houses," I admit.

By Ron Newman on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:49am.

After that, they live in "houses".

By adamg on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:53am.

But to the rest of the world, they're still dorms.

By Hunter on 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.

By Friartuck on 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

By Friartuck on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 11:59am.

Cafe Algiers caused many comparable explosions.

By Plen-T-Pak on Wed, 08/30/2023 - 12:51pm.

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By nathanw on 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.