The Pit, a seating area considered a counter-cultural landmark in Harvard Square, has been demolished amid an ongoing renovation of the plaza on which it sat for decades. David L. Ryan/Globe Staff ...

Harvard Square landmark known as "The Pit" demolished 00:27. A longtime landmark in Harvard Square is gone. "The Pit" has been demolished as part of a years-long effort to revamp the area in ...

Harvard University’s campaign of defiance against the Trump administration could cost the Ivy League university up to a $1 ...

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As part of ongoing renovations to the Harvard Square Plaza, yellow safety vests and work boots replaced black leather jackets and Doc Marten boots from the ’80s during the demolition of The Pit ...

Io Nachtwey’s doomed life in The Pit, the circular brick plaza above the Harvard Square T station, began sometime in the summer of 2001. Originally from Hawaii, she was 22 and homeless when she ...

Some are Supreme Court justices. Others are former presidents. More are business tycoons, famous actors and high-powered lawyers. Harvard University's alumni – nearly half a million strong ...

The Pit, once a recessed brick part of Harvard Square, looked Wednesday like a muddy hole in the ground. Advertisement Hearst Owned.

President Trump reportedly plans to pull an additional billion dollars in funding from Harvard University, just a week after freezing $2.2 billion in multi-year federal grants over the Ivy League ...

Carolyn Fast, director of higher education policy at the Century Foundation, a progressive think tank, also supports vocational education and questions the need to pit it against schools like Harvard.

A longtime landmark in Harvard Square is gone. "The Pit" has been demolished as part of a years-long effort to revamp the area in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stone and brick seating area ...