Fwd: Re: [Editors] Compendium, sites to see around MIT

[Marilyn Wilson]

Great addition, I included it below, thanks!

Mmmmm

>To: John Dvorak <dvorak at MIT.EDU>
>From: Marilyn Wilson <mcwilson at mit.edu>
>Subject: Re: [Editors] Compendium, sites to see around MIT
>
>At 01:14 PM 7/9/2004, John Dvorak wrote:
>>Hi Marilyn,
>>It may be too late for suggestions, but every tree on the MIT campus has 
>>a tag on the name of the tree.
>>This is very helpful if you are walking around and wondering "what type 
>>of tree is that?"
>>Thanks and have a good weekend!
>>jd
>>
>>At 01:08 PM 7/9/2004 -0400, you wrote:
>>>Hi Editors,
>>>
>>>Thank you to everyone who sent around info about sites to see at MIT.  I 
>>>have put your answers together below - in only roughly organized 
>>>form.  Let me know if I left your comments out, and feel free to add to 
>>>the list if you have more suggestions.  Enjoy!
>>>
>>>Marilyn
>>>    * the bubble machine, Lobby of Building 6
>>>    * the new rock garden by the Stata Center
>>>    * Strobe alley (doc edgerton)
>>>    * the hallway in Building 16(?) that has a history of hacks and that 
>>> large screen visual display
>>>    * the game room in the Student Center, depending on the age of the 
>>> visitors.
>>>    * every tree on the MIT campus has a tag on the name of the tree
>>>    * The Admissions Office put out a small brochure in the spring that 
>>> had a lot of fun places around MIT - maybe they still have a few?  Some 
>>> items from that brocure:
>>>        * Acoustic Benches, Eastman Court
>>>        * Decode the Corridor, Buildings 16 and 56, cryptogram tiles on 
>>> the floor
>>>        * Newton Apple Tree descendent, President's Court (yard), 
>>> bounded by buildings 3, 10, 13, 11
>>>        * Architectural Letters : Media Lab Archway
>>>    * For those with an interest in architecture
>>>        * the Stata Center
>>>        * the MIT Chapel (by Saarinen), where visitors can attend free 
>>> noon-time concerts during the school year
>>>        * Baker House (one of only 2 buildings in North America by Aalto).
>>>        * there must be a list of these spots as well ...
>>>    * the Nautical Gallery in Building 5
>>>    * the gallery over by the Alumni Association office
>>>    * "Smart City Cars in the 21st Century," an exhibition on the MIT 
>>> Concept Car with GM and Frank Gehry, at the Wolk Gallery, Bldg 7, Rm 338.
>>>    * For a more complete list of galleries, see 
>>> <http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html>http://web.mit.edu/arts/visual/galleries.html. 
>>>
>>>    * mit press bookstore/coop (for shopping)
>>>    * Mass ave. bridge (smoots, nice view of city)
>>>    * The MIT Hotel (up toward Central Square) and its many funky features
>>>    * List visual arts center and media wall; The List Visual Arts 
>>> Center will close after July 11, but during the rest of the year, 
>>> they're one of New England's pre-eminent exhibitors of contemporary 
>>> art. See 
>>> <http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html>http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/general/index.html 
>>>
>>>    * Sculptures around campus:
>>>    * The List also has a (downloadable) map of all the sculptures and 
>>> major public artwork that's sited around the campus. See 
>>> <http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html>http://web.mit.edu/lvac/www/collections/map.html 
>>> to plan your walking tour. -- or pick up the map at the Info Office
>>>    * the MIT Museum (largest collection of holography, Edgerton, those 
>>> wacky machines/sculptures)   On line [http://web.mit.edu/musuem] and 
>>> 2-3 blocks from Bldg 7 , along with "Doc," holograms, and wacky 
>>> machines, your visitors can encounter robots, "Mind and Hand: The 
>>> Making of MIT Scientists and Engineers," 100 years of flight in  MA, 
>>> and anti-Vietnam War posters at MIT from the early 70s.; The MIT Museum 
>>> has tons of really cool exhibits including the amazing kinetic 
>>> sculptures of Arthur Ganson that everyone loves (see 
>>> <http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html)>http://web.mit.edu/museum/exhibitions/index.html). 
>>>
>>>    * if your visitors are *really* lucky, they'll be here on a day when 
>>> a hack has occurred :)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD
>>>Senior Career Development Counselor
>>>MIT Careers Office
>>>77 Massachusetts Avenue, 12-170
>>>Cambridge, MA 02139
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>>Marilyn C. Wilson, PhD
>>Senior Career Development Counselor
>>MIT Careers Office
>>77 Massachusetts Avenue, 12-170
>>Cambridge, MA 02139
>>(617) 258-9149 or
>>(617) 253-4733  
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