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<font color="#0000FF">Two major events in the Kendall Square area will
impact MIT commuters on Wednesday, July 21: The Taste of Cambridge and
the Outdoor Salsa Concert. <br><br>
The following MIT services and facilities will be impacted from 4PM to
Midnight on Wednesday, July 21.<br>
Tech Shuttle stop #3 at building 39 on Vassar Street will be
closed.<br>
Tech Shuttle stop #9 will stop at 600 Tech Square at the
intersection of Albany and Portland Streets.<br>
Saferide Cambridge East stop #10 at Tech Square (NE43) will be
closed.<br>
Saferide Cambridge West stop #20 at buildings 56/66 and stop #21 at
building 34 will be closed.<br>
Vehicles parked in the East Lot will exit east on Main Street.<br>
Vehicles parked in the Stata Garage and Main Lot will exit west on Vassar
Street.<br><br>
The message below contains additional information.<br><br>
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</font>As some of you know, the City of Cambridge is holding a free
outdoor Salsa concert, during the evening of Wednesday, July 21. This is
one of a number of pre-DNC events that Cambridge is planning. The event
will take place on the intersection of Vassar and Main Streets. The
concert is scheduled between the hours of 7:00 PM and 10:30 PM. The
concert features Salsa recording artist Willie Colon.<br><br>
MIT has met with City officials to learn about the impact that this major
event will have on our community. Here's what we know thus far: After
4:00 PM on July 21, those vehicles leaving the MIT parking lots in the
effected areas will be able to exit, but only in the direction away from
the concert site. Main Street will be closed from Portland to Ames
Street. Vassar street will also be closed, but those vehicles departing
our parking lots will be able to proceed towards Mass. Ave. Shuttle buses
will have to be rerouted during this time. We expect the streets to
reopen after cleanup operations are complete, sometime during the
overnight period.<br><br>
MIT police will provide an extra presence and will be posted at building
entrances near the concert site, and only those individuals with MIT IDs
will be permitted to access these buildings.<br><br>
Various MIT departments are working with City officials on operational
details which affect them directly. More complete details concerning the
effects on MIT will be sent out next week to the entire community. Please
make sure that your department heads and directors are aware of this
matter. Feel free to circulate this email to others you think should know
about this right away. I will try to answer any questions you might have,
but it may be best to wait until we get final information from the City,
and are able to disseminate it to our colleagues here on
campus.<br><br>
Thank you for your thoughtful attention to this matter.<br><br>
Paul Parravano<br><br>
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Larry Brutti<br>
Operations Manager<br>
Parking and Transportation<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Massachusetts Avenue, E32-105<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Phone: 617-253-5142<br>
Fax:
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URL:<x-tab> </x-tab><a href="http://web@mit.edu/parking" eudora="autourl">http://web@mit.edu/parking</a><br>
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Kris Kipp<br>
Project Manager<br>
Program in Science, Technology, and Society<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
77 Mass. Ave., E51-185<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139<br>
Phone: 617-253-9759<br>
Fax: 617-258-8118<br>
Email: kipp@mit.edu</body>
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