Quinn Mulholland

Quinn Mulholland

I was surprised by how accurate my depiction of Harvard Yard and the
upperclassmen houses along the river was. I have a lot of familiarity with that area,
having lived in the Yard last year and spending a lot of time in the Kennedy School
or visiting friends in river houses. I think my map emphasizes roads almost as
prominently as buildings, which makes sense because I bike almost everywhere
(since I live in the Quad), so I have to navigate those roads everyday. I made the
roads that I bike on a lot, like Garden Street, Mass Ave, Mt. Auburn, and Brattle
Street bigger, because I’m more familiar with them. My depiction of other locations,
however, like buildings north of the Yard or east of Quincy Street, was less accurate,
probably because I spend less time in those locations. Something that surprised me
was that I completely forgot about some streets, even in parts of campus that I see
everyday, because I rarely go down them. I also severely underestimated the
distance between the Quad and the Yard, probably because I travel that distance
everyday. Additionally, I completely forgot about some of the freshman dorms in the
Yard—because I rarely went in them, but made my own dorm, Canaday, much larger
and more prominent than it really is.