“Pit rats” weren’t always beloved by everyone ... got a kick out of seeing real Boston punks so close to the serene Harvard campus. “We used to charge people to take our pictures ...

A longtime landmark in Harvard Square is gone. "The Pit" has been demolished as part of a years-long effort to revamp the area in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stone and brick seating area ...

The organizers of Pit-A-Palooza are aware of the irony. They’re putting on an organized, permitted event to celebrate the impending demise of Harvard Square’s longtime home of anarchy ...

Pit-A-Palooza, hosted by the City of Cambridge and the Harvard Square Business Association, was not your traditional celebration of life service. A live hardcore rock band blasted the ears of ...

As part of ongoing renovations to the Harvard Square Plaza, yellow safety vests and work boots replaced black leather jackets and Doc Marten boots from the ’80s during the demolition of The Pit ...

Construction is expected to begin this summer at the Harvard Square “pit,” the round gathering space near the Harvard Square MBTA station that’s been a hangout since its opening in the 1980s.

The Pit, a submerged gathering spot behind the MBTA headhouse entrance, was created in 1982 as part of the Red Line expansion. It soon became home to a ragtag group of young people from Cambridge ...

The Harvard Square pit, the red brick, sunken space near the Harvard Square MBTA Station, has been a hangout spot since it opened in the 1980s. Originally meant as an area for street performers to ...

Many people have fond memories of the Harvard Square landmark. But The Pit had a dark side that shouldn’t be glossed over. Io Nachtwey’s doomed life in The Pit, the circular brick plaza above ...

The Pit, once a recessed brick part of Harvard Square, looked Wednesday like a muddy hole in the ground. Cambridge began considering a makeover for the busy plaza in 2017 with the establishment of ...