DIRECTIONS / PARKING:
The public debate and lecture on November 30, 2006, beginning at 4:30pm will be held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Ray & Maria Stata Center in rm 32-123. Upon entering the building, there will be signs and people to direct you to the room (also known as the Kirsch Auditorium).For a map of MIT click here.
Directions
The Ray & Maria Stata Center is located at the northeastern edge of the MIT campus on Vassar Street near the intersection with Main Street. The Stata Center is also known as MIT Building number 32. The event is in Room 123 (also known as the Kirsch Auditorium).
By Public Transportation
From Logan International Airport
From I-93 (North or South)
From I-95 (North or South)
From the Massachusetts Turnpike (West)
Parking Information
By Public Transportation (commonly called "The T"):
Subway: Take the Red Line to the Kendall/MIT Station (cost is $1.25). When you exit the T, walk Northwest, up Main Street (you will pass the MIT Coop and Legal Seafoods). When you come to the second intersection (Vassar St.), the Ray & Maria Stata Center will be the very unique building to your left.
Bus: The #1 ("Dudley" bus) stops at MIT on Massachusetts Avenue (cost is 90 cents). The MIT stop is at a large crosswalk with a stop light. On one side of the street are steps leading up to large Ionic columns and the Small Dome of MIT, on the other side of the street is the Stratton Student Center (Building W20) and Kresge Oval (an open, grass-covered area). To get to the Ray & Maria Stata Center, walk North (so that the steps are on your right) on Mass. Ave. Take a right at the first intersection (Vassar St.). Walk until you see the very unique building on your right at the corner of the next major intersection (Main St.). More detailed public transportation maps and schedules are available from the MBTA.
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From Logan International Airport:
Taxi: Taxi fare from the airport is about $25-$30. Under normal traffic conditions the taxi ride will take about 25 minutes.
Subway: From any terminal at Logan airport, take the airport shuttle bus to the Blue Line subway station. Take the Blue Line to the Government Center station. Go upstairs and take the Green Line to Park Street. At the Park Street station, go downstairs and take the Red Line to Kendall/MIT (take the outbound train toward Alewife). Under normal conditions the ride will take about 45 minutes. From the T stop, follow the directions above.
Car: The drive from Logan Airport can be rather nasty, depending on traffic conditions. Take the Sumner Tunnel exit from the airport (not the Ted Williams Tunnel) and follow the signs toward Boston via the Sumner Tunnel. The tunnel toll is $3. As you exit the tunnel, take the ramp onto the expressway (I-93 North). Take the second exit, marked 'Storrow Drive West'. Immediately take the right fork of the road to a stoplight. Turn left, then immediately turn right and drive over the Charles River on the Longfellow Bridge. At the second traffic light after the river, take a left onto Ames Street and then a right onto Main Street. The Ray & Maria Stata Center will be the very unique building on your left, at the corner of Main and Vassar Street.
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From I-93 (North or South):
Take Exit 26, and follow the signs to Back Bay along Storrow Drive West, approximately 1.5 miles, to the exit for Route 2A. The exit will be on the left, just before the Harvard Bridge (more appropriately called the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge). The Charles River will be on your right. As you cross the Harvard Bridge, you will be looking at MIT. Continue 1 block on Mass. Ave., until you reach Vassar St. Take a Right on Vassar St. The Ray & Maria Stata Center is the very unique building on your right at the corner of Vassar and Main.
From I-95 (North or South):
Take the I-93 Exit and follow the directions above.
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From the Massachusetts Turnpike (I-90) (West):
Follow I-90 East to the Cambridge/Brighton exit (Exit 18). Following the signs to Cambridge (down the ramp to the right, then straight), cross the River Street Bridge, and continue straight about 1 mile to Central Square. Turn right onto Massachusetts Avenue and follow Massachusetts Avenue for about a half mile. If you cross the river again, you have gone too far. Bear left onto Main Street at the sculpture park. Follow Main Street for about 1/2 mile to the very unique building at the corner of Vassar St.
Parking Information:
Parking in Cambridge can be difficult. There are some metered spots on the street. Alternatively, parking is available for a fee in the parking garage in the Technology Square Garage.
The entrance to Technology Square is between Polcarri's Restaurant and 200 Technology Square / Building NE43 on Main Street. Another public parking garage is available on Ames Street between Legal Seafoods and Quantum Books.
