The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was built on filled tidal marsh land between the industrial Cambridgeport and what is now the bank of the Charles River Basin. Being principally an engineering school, MIT always had a close tie to industry. For decades, the western fringes of the MIT campus overlapped with the factories and warehouses of industrial Cambridge.
Over time, industry departed Cambridge, replaced by research and development, with biomedical and pharmaceutical businesses predominating.
The MIT thermal energy plant on Vassar Street still beckons back to an earlier, more industrial age, with its tall stack and characteristically industrial architecture. In the failing fall sunlight, it could be 1959, but it is 2009.
Over time, industry departed Cambridge, replaced by research and development, with biomedical and pharmaceutical businesses predominating.
The MIT thermal energy plant on Vassar Street still beckons back to an earlier, more industrial age, with its tall stack and characteristically industrial architecture. In the failing fall sunlight, it could be 1959, but it is 2009.
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