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

[Laurie Smith-Frailey]

Hi, Terry:

I was able to put my hands on this three-year-old e-mail. Should be a  
good place to start, if you can't find the actual guide you're  
thinking of.

Best,
Laurie

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> From: Marilyn Wilson <mcwilson at MIT.EDU>
> Date: July 9, 2004 1:25:55 PM EDT
> To: editors at mit.edu
> Subject: Fwd: Re: [Editors] Compendium, sites to see around MIT
> X-Spam-Score: -4.8
>
> 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.
>>>> 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
>>>> 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 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).
>>>> if your visitors are *really* lucky, they'll be here on a day  
>>>> when a hack has occurred :)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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