Kendall Square

On the Red Line, them's the brakes

By adamg - 8/1/14 - 9:44 am

Shortly after 9 a.m., inbound Red Line service was halted so that EMTs could take a sick passenger off a train at Kendall. But service was delayed even before that due to another passenger who decided the best way to get help was to pull the emergency brake - while the train was still in the tunnel between Central and Kendall. A passenger on the train reports via e-mail:

Some idiot pulled the emergency brake in response. Conductor was not happy about that. We were stuck between Central and Kendall for about 8 minutes.

Cambridgehenge

By adamg - 7/23/14 - 9:55 am

Sun coming up over Kendall Square in Cambridge

Julio Salado watched the sun come up over Kendall Square this morning:

Unmerited gift to practice Tai Chi Chuan on the Charles River docks to the rhythm of the universe.

In Cambridge, the signs are anything but pedestrian

By adamg - 7/8/14 - 3:53 pm

JB Parrett noticed this ped sign in Kendall Square.

Now that's a switch: Tech startup moves from California to Cambridge

By adamg - 6/24/14 - 7:33 am

The CEO of Cortex MCP explains the move to Kendall Square.

Kendall Square could be getting some little-box stores

By adamg - 5/27/14 - 11:31 pm

Cambridge Day reports:

A marketplace made of cheap, repurposed shipping containers could be on the way to Kendall Square, enlivening the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority’s tiny so-called Parcel 6 until a bigger, more permanent plan comes along.

Her mother must be so proud

By adamg - 5/24/14 - 9:05 am

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ElmerCat reports coming on a pleasant surprise yesterday in the normally dreary First Street tunnel under the Longfellow Bridge in Cambridge: A trophy case:

Mostly bowling and tennis trophies, sitting on angle irons reinforcing a crack in the foundation wall. Coming upon this sparkling trophy collection in the normally gloomy tunnel was a delightful surprise!

Wally probably has an account with a limo service

By adamg - 5/6/14 - 2:36 pm

Ari Ofsevit spotted poor Slyde, the Revolution mascot, waiting for a CT2 bus in Kendall Square this afternoon.

Foreshadowing the weekend

By adamg - 4/25/14 - 8:42 pm

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JB Parrett watched the clouds come in over the Charles in advance of the rain forecast for tomorrow.

Kendall Square Cinema gets permission to show movies later on weekends thanks to expanded T hours

By adamg - 4/24/14 - 12:04 pm

Cambridge Day reports the city has given the movie house permission to screen films until 2:30 a.m., Fridays through Sundays; owners cite later T service hours for the potential new market.

Have you been reading about those private SF shuttles and sighing in envy?

By adamg - 4/3/14 - 11:19 am

Ed. note: I'm still not 100% convinced this is not a left-over April Fool's joke. But I learned about it through an ad in my Facebook news feed last night, and who actually spends money on a prank?

Bridj says it's getting up to launch an alternative to the T that will feature limo buses with plush seats, "an attendant who can provide you with a curated selection of snacks and beverages" and fees you might be able to deduct from your taxes.

Receding snow, dirt briefly reveals Illuminati symbol in Kendall Square fnord

By adamg - 3/31/14 - 1:14 pm

Chi-Ting Huang spotted this upended pyramid atop a shrinking snow pile in Kendall Square today.

Fire on roof of Kendall Square building

By adamg - 3/28/14 - 11:58 am

Photo by Adam.

A three-alarm fire broke out shortly before noon on the roof of 1 Main St. in Kendall Square, apparently sparked by an HVAC unit.

Cambridge firefighters got the main body of the fire knocked down by about 12:20 p.m.

Photo by Brittany Delaney:

The soulless new machine: How Kendall Square is killing Cambridge

By adamg - 2/27/14 - 7:48 am

John Summers takes a long, critical look at what the whole "innovation economy" thing is doing to the rest of the city - and nearby locales, such as Allston.

On thin ice

By adamg - 2/25/14 - 6:41 am

Sarah Bourne wonders if the thrill of warm water sailing on the Charles is worth the risk.

Ground view of the sailboats.

Cambridge officials utter dark warnings over Google's dark windows

By adamg - 2/21/14 - 9:27 am

Cambridge Day reports the Cambridge Redevelopment Authority is miffed that changes to Google buildings in Kendall Square have dramatically strayed from the designs board members had earlier approved.

Born said Wednesday that designs for the two-story connector building have "strayed further from the initial rendering that the council and CRA approved every time we’ve seen it," with a grand staircase shrinking to a "piddly" size and the latest design including walls she deemed a “revolting mustard" color.

Imagine Kendall Square as a blighted collection of vacant lots

By adamg - 2/13/14 - 12:43 pm

The Cambridge Civic Journal has a look at how the area fell apart after LBJ moved the planned Kennedy Space Center to his home state and how the city and how the renovation of the Kendall Square T station helped make the area what it is today.

Kendall Square in 1925.

The unfrozen north bank of the Charles

By adamg - 2/10/14 - 2:30 pm

Galen Moore asks:

Anyone know why the north bank of the Charles won't freeze between the Longfellow and the Museum of Science? It's creepy.

So not everybody will be watching the Superb Owl tonight

By adamg - 2/2/14 - 12:35 pm

Belly Wine Bar ad for its Groundhog Day special

The Belly Wine Bar in Kendall Square will have its TVs tuned to something other than football tonight.

City lights, country lights

By adamg - 2/2/14 - 9:30 am

David Schachner photographed Broad Canal in Kendall Square, one of the last remnants of Cambridge's days as a seaport.

Brian MacLean watched the sun go down over Milton a couple days ago:

Copyright David Schachner and Brian MacLean, respectively. Posted in the Universal Hub pool on Flickr.

Red Line train dies; Red Line commuters groan

By adamg - 11/27/13 - 8:23 am

MikeHeXt tweets:

Ugh Disabled southbound Red Line train at Kendall causing northbound delays too. Here we sit.

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