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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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

Today, they are known as “pit orchestras,” which comes from their typical location during a performance: the orchestra pit, a lowered area in front of the stage. The term “pit orchestra” did not come ...

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.

The Harvard Square Theatre has sat vacant and desolate on Church Street for more than a decade. But behind the boarded-up front doors, an effort is underway that could bring the iconic movie theater ...

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 ...