Walking around Kendall/MIT

On Friday I had business at MIT and figured it was a good opportunity to traverse the lay of the land around the Kendall T stop.

In comparison with some of the sexier stops on the Red Line, Kendall/MIT is tame. This makes sense, given the fact that the folks at MIT pride themselves on being geekier than the rest of us. They do not require glamour or aestehtics, utility is their middle name. The stop lacks the charm of Quincy Center, the hustle and history of Harvard and pulse of Park Street. There are a couple trees, yes, a little park right as you get above ground and some athletic fields close by but overall there does not to be much of consequence.

There are a couple stops like this along the Red Line, stops where you need to really get away from the T to find the value of the area. I had time to kill, so I wandered and found a pleasant surprise.

The Charles River.

The only other T stop that comes anywhere near the river is the next stop over at Massachusetts General Hospital. When I go out of the station I took a quick walk around the block and snapped a couple pictures (see above), then came back around to Wadsworth Street, which connects to Memorial Drive. That is where I found the river. Check out the view with this Qik video: