Mary Kate Cruise

Mary Kate Cruise

After taking a look at Harvard Square on Google Maps, I think I put together a pretty solid rendering of Harvard Square via memory. The most similar parts are the athletic complex, the river, and the main thoroughfares. I spent a lot of my time at Harvard as a Varsity athlete across the river, so I am very familiar with the lay out over there. Also, I periodically have a car on campus, which I park at the Harvard Business School, so that helped with me that section. I also grew up south of Boston, so I am quite familiar with the main thoroughfare roads, which are a strength of my drawing (JFK St, North Harvard St, Mass Ave, Memorial Drive, Storrow Drive). I’ve been down the river by boat many times and come from a nautical/boating background, so I was confident in drawing the rough shape of the Charles River. The parts that I struggled with were north of the Science Center, west of the yard, and west of JFK Street. I do not venture over to those parts very often, which is reflected in the lack of detail in my sketch. I look forward to better developing my sketching skills as we progress further in the USW 29 class.