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I showed you the Great Dome already, but
from that angle you couldn’t see what we then called The Great
Court, in front of it. Framed on three sides by the Main Buildings,
and open to
Memorial Drive and the Charles River on the south, it is in every
sense the epicenter of the MIT campus.*
These days, and I gather for a long time now, the Great Court is known as Killian Court, named after President James Killian, who was in charge when I arrived in 1958. |
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Looking across the river from Boston, westward from the
Green Building,
Walker Memorial, and the water side of the
Sailing Pavilion to the Great Dome and the
mostly tree-concealed Main Buildings. One Tech dinghy has spread its
triangular wing.
* I borrowed the small photo, with thanks, from Wikipedia. Hope they don’t mind. It would seem to be in the spirit of their admirable enterprise that they wouldn’t. But somebody please let me know if I’ve misunderstood. |
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