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Alpha Omega owner leaves amid rumors, report says: Questions arise about financial well-being of jewelry store chain
The owner of the Alpha Omega jewelry store chain reportedly left the country amid signs that the prominent seller of watches and diamonds was struggling with financial problems.
New Pizza Joint Offers Contrast to Old
Oggi Gourmet, with its sleek counters and sophisticated pizza toppings, represents a very different face of Harvard Square dining than the more traditional undergraduate staple of Pinocchio’s Pizza and Subs—but […]
Latkes and lights abound: Many cultures mark important December dates in city
Festively decorated city streets and retail stores packed with shoppers herald the approach of Christmas. But for many residents of Cambridge, Christmas isn’t the main attraction of the holiday season.
Building a Sensible Square
When students and residents who live around Harvard Square wish to shop for groceries, their choices are severely limited. There has been no true grocery store in the Square for […]
Tour Will Show Stores From the Inside Out
THREE-DIMENSIONAL mapping programs like Google Earth let people fly over the rooftops of virtual cities, and other online services lead them down individual streets. Now, one company is planning 3-D-like […]
Square Capitalizes on Sox
October 26, 2007 As the Red Sox played for gold rings at Fenway Park yesterday, Harvard Square’s businesses tried to make some gold of their own. Bars with plasma televisions […]
Cambridge Honors Book Store Owners
Plympton Street now has another landmark—Frank, Mark & Pauline Kramer Square. Harvard Book Store, a destination for famous authors such as Stephen King and Al Gore ’69, drew a crowd […]
Digital age advances in Harvard Square
As Harvard Square counts down the days until its free Wi-Fi goes live, it has become increasingly digital
A standing ovation for a Harvard Stage
Who would have thought Harvard would pick architects Leers Weinzapfel to create a modern undergraduate theater out of the old Hasty Pudding Club building in Harvard Square?
At HONK! fest, crowds sure to have a blast
Like your entertainment a little eccentric and politically irreverent?
March Madness: HONK! fest in Davis Square celebrates the power and joy of music made for revolution
Emma Goldman knew that a revolution without a groove was a disaster waiting to happen. When the Bolsheviks brutally consolidated their hold on the emerging Soviet Union, the anarchist famously […]
A faithful few Sox fans get seats to watch TV: On a big TV in Harvard Square, group watches Olde Towne Team
To gain membership in the chair club, which meets on the sidewalk outside Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe in Harvard Square every night the Red Sox play, you have to earn your […]