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MIT puts finishing touches on new music hub - The Boston Globe

Though MIT quietly began holding classes at the new Edward and Joyce Linde Music Building over the fall semester, it plans to fully open the state-of-the-art facility on Feb. 15, holding an open house and kicking off a season of concerts at the new 390-seat Thomas Tull Concert Hall.
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MIT Puts Finishing Touches on new Music Hub. Full opening Feb 15, 2025
 
JS38 said:
Some new interior views and story from MIT:
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I like it, but the brick veneer panels look a bit suspect. I notice vertical seams. Real brick masonry would have really worked better.
 
Charlie_mta said:
I like it, but the brick veneer panels look a bit suspect. I notice vertical seams. Real brick masonry would have really worked better.
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"Bold and elegant visual statement". "Both stunning and subtle".

Yeah, okay guys. From the outside on the windowless sides people will think this is a screen for a steam vent. If this is what MIT thinks is stunning, I don't know why anyone would hire an architect trained there.
 
Agreed, looks exactly like a ventilation building. And they used to build nice ventilation buildings!
 
Longfellow said:
Agreed, looks exactly like a ventilation building. And they used to build nice ventilation buildings
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I walked by this heap today and it looks like a 1990s community college dining facility. MIT loves nothing more than hiring Pritzker winners well after most of their creative juices are exhausted.
 
stick n move said:
Very cool!
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Yeah, I think it's a neat idea given the situation. The city has been really trying (not particularly effectively, yet) to activate that vacant corner for years. Yet, I can understand the hesitancy to put something permanent there given the possibility of the corner itself getting swallowed into the Volpe (now Kendall Common) phase 3 efforts, as MITIMco has inquired about purchasing/integrating it. At the same time, that phase 3 feels like YEARS into the future at this point. So something like this would seem to be at just the right level of almost-permanence that it would result in real substance at the corner, while being able to be towed away whenever it needs to be. These railcar repurposings can be gimmicky, but given all these considerations here, I think I like it.
 
bigpicture7 said:
Repurposing an old commuter rail car as a bar in Kendall Square? Apparently it's possibly happening (see here from CRA 7/16 meeting agenda).

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Given the location, there's an opportunity for MITIMCO to make the adjacent Volpe Site building work with it too.

It's a great idea, but maybe it would ultimately work better in the middle of the Volpe site somewhere and not right next to the road? Or even in the Grand Junction park where the trains actually are?
 
The ground level of much of the gutted historic portion of the south side of Main St. in Kendall, part of the MIT Kendall Gateway project, is getting a food hall (ostensibly well into construction)...will be called "Eastern Edge":

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From:
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Eastern Edge Food Hall to Bring Vibrant Dining to Kendall Square in 2026

The upcoming 11,000-square-foot food hall, located on the eastern edge of MIT’s campus, aims to become a gathering spot for both locals and visitors.
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