#harvard square

Corner with pink hearts

Source of Reality: Consciousness gives reality to things instead of receiving it from them.

Power of Acceptance: Things exist because they are accepted; stopping this acceptance makes them vanish.

Role of Desire and Fear: Thinking with desire or fear makes objects appear real, while watching without emotion removes their substance.

My kinda place.

Leavitt & Peirce has been part of Harvard Square for over 100 years. It’s my source for shaving cream and the best quality soap you’ll find. If you’re a chess player, you and a friend can play on one of their mezzanine level tables.

It’s a civilized store, a welcome antidote to the mallification of the Square. You’ll find a wide selection of tobacco, toiletries, games, and old Harvard memorabilia inside. You won’t find pot, vapes, or lottery tickets. And, you’re requested to turn your phone off when entering.

Harvard Square's Crimson Corner news stand at night. 2009. I hate that this closed while I was in college, sometime shortly after 2017(?). Now it's mostly been empty and fenced off due to construction. I been like that for years now.

The Coop doesn't have a cafe anymore. It hasn't for years but old customers come in and still complain that it's gone.

Here's the coop from the other side of the street where the enterance to the T is. The Crimson Corner newstand would be the the right of these people behind them.

The Garage has been lingering in a state of pugatory for years now. There was talk of tearing it down, revnovations and more. Since 2016, I've seen a slew of stores come and go. I didn't know there was a 7/11 here until doing my research. It's currently a Tasty Burger with a bar and pool tables (associated with Tasty Burger) on the basment floor. There may or may not be hanidcap/elevator acess into the T from inside the shop. There is signage for it, and a few doors but I haven't explored further. I really hope to find pictures of the inside of this 7/11.

According to google maps street view, the 7/11 was replaced with Tasty Burger sometime between November 2011 - September 2013.

The building in the middle of the image is the Crismon Corner. That giant weird statue has been long gone, replaced with some benches and tables and surrounded by short hedges. One time in college, while waiting for the light to cross the street here at night, some crazy lady yelled at my friends and I calling us cannibals?? Yeah, I have no idea.

That CVS moved into the Citizens Banks across from The Coop. (bank not pictured in this post). The bank of America is still there. The CVS has been empty since it moved sometime between 2014-2015.

Finagle a Bagel turned into an Otto's Pizza sometime between 2009 and 2011. C'est Bon Convenience turned into "C'est Bon MARKET & LIQUORS"

Via Google Maps

And wow, I'm getting emotional about change and the passage of time :'(