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Soon after snow storms, mysterious swaths of green appear in the Yard, hinting of an entire world lurking beneath Harvard’s familiar landscape. There are 3.5 miles of tunnels running under this University, and the heat they radiate melts the snow above. Knowledge of the extensive tunnel system used to be more common, as students would regularly explore them. But, for the past few decades, Harvard’s underground world has remained hidden in the annals of Harvard lore...
Recently, tunnels have played a significant role in Harvard’s relationship with the city of Cambridge. Harvard decided to abandon its plans for a tunnel connecting the two government department buildings currently being constructed on either side of Cambridge Street just past the Graduate School of Design. This was a serious blow to the project, which depended on the tunnel as a means of moving both people and supplies safely under the street. Mid-Cambridge residents, who fought the tunnel with everything they had, not only lost out on some nice incentives that Harvard was offering, but also...
...this point, it’s not worth crying over the loss of a single tunnel, especially when Harvard already has so many of them. These tunnels extend from the Business School to the Law School, connecting dorm, lab and classroom buildings...
...main break in the tunnel system occurs at Mass. Ave., where the distance between the Red Line and the street is just over three feet. At this point, the Harvard steam tunnel becomes extremely narrow—the pipes have no problem getting through, but humans are forced to lie down on carts and propel themselves using a pulley system...
...recent years, it has become a rarity to find students heading into the tunnels. There are hundreds of entrances, many of them through nondescript basement doors in the houses. However, all of the tunnel doors have been alarmed and linked to a central control room that is monitored 24-hours-a-day, making access difficult (not to mention criminal). But wandering the tunnels still seems like a worthwhile pursuit. I think I’ll give it a shot...