Out of Town News
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Out of Town News is an iconic newsstand located in the center of Harvard Square
, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The newsstand was long noted for stocking the leading newspapers from around the nation and around the world. Customers, especially academics, would come long distances to get the most recent editions of their home town paper, or of newspapers from parts of the world where important news events were unfolding.
In 2008, it was announced that the newsstand might go out of business because its unique function of supplying yesterday's Times of India or Le Monde, flown in overnight, was made obsolete by the ability to read them online. However, in January 2009 a new owner signed a lease to take over the newsstand and keep it alive.
Since the MBTA Red Line extension was finished in the 1980s, the newsstand has been housed in the former MBTA kiosk
, a National Historic Landmark
built in 1928 as a shelter for the Harvard Square stop on the Boston Elevated Railway
, a precursor to the MBTA.
Harvard Square
Harvard Square is a large triangular area in the center of Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue, Brattle Street, and John F. Kennedy Street. It is the historic center of Cambridge...
, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The newsstand was long noted for stocking the leading newspapers from around the nation and around the world. Customers, especially academics, would come long distances to get the most recent editions of their home town paper, or of newspapers from parts of the world where important news events were unfolding.
In 2008, it was announced that the newsstand might go out of business because its unique function of supplying yesterday's Times of India or Le Monde, flown in overnight, was made obsolete by the ability to read them online. However, in January 2009 a new owner signed a lease to take over the newsstand and keep it alive.
Since the MBTA Red Line extension was finished in the 1980s, the newsstand has been housed in the former MBTA kiosk
Harvard Square Subway Kiosk
The Harvard Square Subway Kiosk is an historic kiosk and landmark in Harvard Square on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It was constructed in 1928 and retired in 1981, when the Harvard Station of the MBTA closed for renovation and expansion....
, a National Historic Landmark
National Historic Landmark
A National Historic Landmark is a building, site, structure, object, or district, that is officially recognized by the United States government for its historical significance...
built in 1928 as a shelter for the Harvard Square stop on the Boston Elevated Railway
Boston Elevated Railway
The Boston Elevated Railway was a precursor first to the Metropolitan Transit Authority in Massachusetts, now the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, operating rapid transit, streetcars and buses in the Boston, Massachusetts area. It was formerly known as the West End Street Railway.The...
, a precursor to the MBTA.