The Pit, in Harvard Square, is fondly remembered by many as a place where punk rockers would gather. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) The organizers of Pit-A-Palooza are aware of the irony.

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 ...

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 ...

But Harvard Square’s Pit will soon be demolished and turned into a plaza, in part, because of non-compliance issues with the Americans with Disabilities Act, according to McGovern.

Construction is expected to begin this summer at the Harvard Square “pit,” the round gathering space near the Harvard Square MBTA station that’s been a hangout since its opening in the 1980s.

The City of Cambridge, City Councillor Marc McGovern, Cambridge resident and author, Jen Deaderick and the Harvard Square Business Association have announced Pit-A-Palooza, a celebration of the ...

The Harvard Square pit, the red brick, sunken space near the Harvard Square MBTA Station, has been a hangout spot since it opened in the 1980s. Originally meant as an area for street performers to ...

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 ...

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 ...