Lauren Tracey

Lauren Tracey

In comparing my map of Harvard square and campus, I found some striking differences, but also many similarities. The most striking difference was that I drew my map on a straight grid based on the roads in the square, but in reality the roads actually have many twists and turns. I belive my map is an accurate representation of Harvard square, I think the river houses and the yard are particularly accurate because that is where I’ve spent most of my time on campus. I believe that my map is accurate because I think a lot about where I walk everyday, and which routes might be fastest. The quad is not central to my map because it is outside of my sphere of influence. I would say most of my time is spent between the river houses and the athletic facilities. The most difficult of this assignment for me was figuring out how to scale the map so as to include detail but also to ensure that I included the entire square. What I thought was most interesting about this assignment was how this map made me think about the square differently, for example I began the map by drawing out the houses, and based the scale around tat, but I think the most important/entertaining part of the square is the retail.