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Killian Court, the center of MIT.


Building 14, just east of Killian Court.


Views of the Building 1 courtyard and flag (west side of Killian Court).


The Green Building, MIT's tallest and probably Cambridge's tallest as well. It uses concrete "stilts" to fit within the restriction of floor area ratio (total floor area of building divided by lot size) while attaining such a height, the side effect of which is turning the area into a wind tunnel. Atop the building is a weather dome which is said to control Boston's weather.


Next to the Green Building is another of MIT's few buildings referred to by name and not number, Walker, part food court and part gymnasium, home to props for musical productions and to WMBR (Walker Memorial Basement Radio). You can also see one of MIT's many ugly and unnecessary sculptures. Some grass might be nicer?


Back to the west side of campus are Kresge Hall (1/8 of a sphere), Ashdown House (a graduate dorm with the famous Thirsty Ear Pub in its basement - where else do dorms have pubs in them?), and, in the bottom picture, W20/Stratton/Student Center.


Squirrel stairs are some artist's great idea for the Sidney-Pacific dorm at MIT. I hope no one tries to use these during a fire drill.


A view toward MIT campus from my former room in Random Hall on Massachusetts Ave.


Views of Mass. Ave. (MA Route 2A) from the main crosswalk. The countdown timer chirps for the hard of hearing, and the new LED walk signal is annoyingly bright for the hard of seeing.


Memorial Drive, which runs between MIT and the Charles River. It was redone starting in 2003 to make it even friendlier to joggers and even more onerous to automobile traffic.


A view west from Building 1, where I had a lot of my classes. (Course 1, Civil/Environmental Engineering, is the only course headquartered in an identically numbered building.)


A view east, toward Boston's skyline. Click on it for the nighttime view of Back Bay.


Random Hall, Bexley House. (Random House, the publishers, weren't happy with Random House, the dorm, so it had to change.) Bexley appears less nice from the outside because the rooms are much nicer inside. Would you want everyone to crowd in if you had that luxury?


Inside McCormick House, the only all-female dorm. It's a bad stereotype to say women get tired in elevators, not to mention an incorrect one, so why is there a chair here? The ride really isn't that long.

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