FYI to any Bostonions/Cantabrigians

[mariavii]

"As part of the historic preservation efforts of the upcoming Harvard Law School project, two Victorian houses and an associated carriage house will be relocated this Friday, June 22nd at 6pm until the morning of Monday, June 25th from a parcel on Massachusetts Avenue south of Everett Street to the parcel at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and

Comments

[lockergirl]

I'm having a hard time imagining how to move a whole house!

[mariavii]

Like this:

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2003/05.15/16-housemove.html

[mariavii]

That one was here in Cambridge. This one was in my hometown:

http://njmorriscountyonline.com/2002njmcofeature/html/20020824_house_move.html

[lockergirl]

wouldn't quite work with our brick houses ;)

I still think it's strange to move a house in the first place. Isn't the original location part of the history of the house as well?

[p00tigger]

Please expect major traffic delays in Harvard Square throughout the weekend."

*wry laugh* I'd have said there were major traffic delays in Harvard Square under normal conditions... though that may have just been coincidence. (I have only been there a few times, but I've always been making better time on foot than anyone in a car during those times)