Word: kiosk
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...know it. You've seen it. Lurking between Cambridge Trust and Au Bon Pain, all swathes of solid colors and square block fonts, the kiosk is a beacon to Harvard Square's newest arena of consumption, "The Shops at Harvard Yard." And while to most it may seem faintly amusing, worthy only of only a regretful shake of the head on the way to the Yard, this behemoth begs our attention...
...question at hand is, of course, what is to be done. Our only remaining hope is that people of the Square will, late one night, rally forth and reclaim the space as their own. The revolutionaries will poster the kiosk with the information that really matters in this independently owned and operated neighborhood adrift in a global sea of megamalls: "Boycott Miller," "LaRouche for President," "Jungian Men's Group Forming: Find Your Inner Child," "Three vegan trekkies seek fourth in Davis sublet...
Take a look around. Chances are that you espied a lamppost, a bulletin board or a kiosk. Since we are in Cambridge, they were probably papered over with posters. Those posters, no doubt, were covered with mind-numbingly stupid slogans. Harvard is supposed to be full of intelligent, discerning human beings; people who delight in scorning the low-brow indulgences of consumer culture. How has it come, then, that we are daily bombarded with home-grown jingles that make meaningless TV ejaculations like "Coke Is It," seem thankfully creative by comparison...
Deborah A. Daniels, who is currently negotiating with HRE for a possible kiosk, would seem to fit the description of the merchant officials said they hope to attract. Daniels said she hand-paints and decoupages (glues on cut-out shapes and varnishes) step-stools, hatboxes, serving trays and clay pots...
McNichols said he sells a great deal of sports clothing, which would be difficult to fully display in a kiosk. "Kiosks work well with themes," he said. "I'm limited because of size...