Word: kiosk
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...foot kiosk is giving Square policemen a safe haven from which to castigate passing motorists. Opened yesterday, the booth features all around vision, a specially designed observation chair, a built-in loudspeaker system, and a series of aluminum drain-pipes designed to keep occupants dry and alert in any weather...
...kiosk replaces a jerry-built booth which graced the other side of the Square for over ten years. The original booth was one of the first in the country; it has been a favorite target for passing motorists, and has been demolished twice by large trucks...
While the Cambridge Police continued to hand out parking tickets and bark sarcastic comments from their Harvard Square kiosk, another accident took place last week at Memorial Drive and DeWolfe Street. This time it was fatal. The dangerous intersection still boasts one frequently ignored stop sign and a faded white line that theoretically projects pedestrians. But most cars roll straight through the crossing, others charge the wrong way up one-way DeWolfe. Two serious accidents have already occurred there this year; it is surprising that there haven't been more...
Cambridge has planned to build this kiosk for several years, because the old wooden one doesn't give a full view of the Square and is subject to attrition by automobiles. The new structure should be completed by Christmas...
Workmen began digging up the sidewalk in front of the Varsity Liquor Store yesterday, to make way for the foundation of a police kiosk for the Square. The new concrete box will rise 18 feet from the street and be equipped with loudspeakers, a heater, and windshield wipers...