Nicole Flanary

Nicole Flanary

In completing the assignment, it’s obvious that the areas with which we are most familiar come to us easier and larger than others. As a person that both lives in the Quad and completed the majority of studies in the engineering school, my map shows relatively accurately the walk between the yard and the Quad (down Garden street) in terms of spacing and landmarks but the area below the Square by the river houses and athletic fields, is spaced much too tight and has significantly less detail in terms of known buildings.

It’s also clear in how I distributed space between these two areas, with the walk to the Quad and Porter Square taking up far more space than other parts. I imagine those with close ties to, or with more exposure to, these areas would have the opposite perspective. It’s also interesting in Harvard Square that my map has little detail in the Square – I think that reflects my own perspective of the Square in that it is a litany of shops but I do not really frequent any of them nor could I point out any specific ones and their locations. While I am familiar with the relative locations, orders and lengths somewhat of the streets, the details on these streets are hard for me to conjure from memory.