Returning visitors may find themselves disoriented as familiar haunts undergo major makeovers, shown here in mid November. The triangle between JFK and Brattle Streets (foreground) is being rebuilt as a high-end retail mall. The offices over Brattle (plywooded windows to the rear), also in new ownership, are being renovated. And Out of Town News has closed.
Harvard Square under reconstruction
Harvard Square under reconstruction
A familiar place’s new faces
Photograph by Jim Harrison
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