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

[Martha Ballard]

And does anyone have the decoded message of the Bldg 16/56 cryptogam?  
if so, would you share?

Thanks!

Martha
On Jun 1, 2007, at 11:48 AM, Laurie Smith-Frailey wrote:

> 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
>
>>>>
>>>> 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 :)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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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