Tag: Harvard Square

  • World’s Only Curious George Store Negotiates Deal to Stay in Harvard Square

    World’s Only Curious George Store Negotiates Deal to Stay in Harvard Square

    The World’s Only Curious George Store’s desire to stay in Harvard Square has been granted after negotiations with the new landlord of the building were completed. Store owner Adam Hirsch was unsure if the shop could stay in the area once Equity One Inc. bought the building and announced it would be raising rents. Early…

  • Y2Y SHELTER: Youth shelter coming to Harvard Square

    Y2Y SHELTER: Youth shelter coming to Harvard Square

    Y2Y Harvard Square recently unveiled plans to open the nation’s first student-run shelter for young adults aged 18 to 24 at 3 Church Street. This new overnight youth shelter is scheduled to open on November 1 at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church. The shelter will house 20 youths per night, seven nights a week,…

  • Panhandlers of Harvard Square

    [img_assist|nid=551|title=|desc=|link=none|align=center|width=400|height=400] Adam Sennott Spare Change News When most people walk past panhandlers in Harvard Square, they don’t say anything. But for one local artist, a picture says a thousand words. Marc Clamage, an architectural illustrator and painter, drew his first portrait of a panhandler last year. Since then he has completed eight portraits and says…