Working on a promotional piece for the The Brattle Theatre in Harvard Square. Would love to talk to whoever holds the copyright to this footage. It's for a good cause!
Hi again. Sorry to be a pest, but we would love to talk about featuring some this footage for a promo for The Brattle Theatre we are working on. Please let me know if you are willing to talk about this as a possibility.
Hi, thanks for your interest. I posted and own the footage; it was originally shot by my great-grandfather in the late sixties, when he owned a business in Harvard Square. Are you interested in using it for something?
@@gkirsch86 Yes, Miri Navasky and I are working on a documentary film project looking for archival footage of Cambridge from 1960s. Can you email me at courtneyhayes@mac.com with your contact info to discuss further? Thanks! Courtney
Harvard square is nothing like this anymore. It's all corporate now! Sad really. It lost all of its bohemian charm. Long gone are the days of record shops and bookstores and mimes performing in the street. Nowadays it's nothing but bland tech boutiques and dull facades.
It was still there in the late 80s. There were still great bars too like the Bow & Arrow and also the Boathouse. But you’re right its charm is long gone now.
Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way La la la la... [Verse 2] Then the busy years went rushing by us We lost our starry notions on the way If by chance I'd see you in the tavern We'd smile at one another and we'd say [Chorus] Those were the days my friend
Once upon a time there was a tavern Where we used to raise a glass or two Remember how we laughed away the hours And think of all the great things we would do Those were the days my friend We thought they'd never end We'd sing and dance forever and a day We'd live the life we choose We'd fight and never lose For we were young and sure to have our way. La la la la la la
Lived in the square from 1968 to 77. Crashed outside for a few of those years. Most of us kids would sit on the church steps just hanging out, then truck over to the commons for a little bit of partying. Couldn't beat those free concerts on the weekends...they where great. Then with J. Geils members living around the corner on Brattle Street...music was everywhere. Could go on and on... but. Wish there were more pictures of the street kids vs the suits. Seemed mostly like a Harvard Student film that captured mostly the same. That's cool, but didn't really give you he essence of Harvard Sq. back in the day.
Please contact me. I'm making a documentary called Dirty Old Boston which is based on my book (now in its third printing) and my facebook page, all with the same name. JimmyBotticelli@gmail.com. Soon please? Thanks in advance!
Hi there, are you the original owner of this footage? It's great and I was wondering if you'd allow me to use it in a documentary about harvard sq. please email me at alex@awespark.com. Thanks!
Americans used to be full of life inside and out. What happened to us? Most students seems to lack that youthful, care-free, outward, studious curiosity we once had.
Must be around 1965, when Harvard Square was still nerdy and not yet hippie, though you see signs of the latter beginning to creep in. Wow, I remember The Book Case, getting a lot of great books there before it confined itself to an attic and then closed up shop. About all that's left from that time are the Brattle Theatre, Dickson Bros. hardware store, and Colonial Drug. Yes, times were simpler and warmer back then. Thanks for this stroll down memory lane!
Must be around 1967, when nerds still abounded but hair and beards were gradually getting longer. Boy, Harvard Square isn't like that anymore. About all that's left are the Brattle Theatre and Colonial Drug. Thanks for this walk down memory lane!
And that magazine place across the street that used to charge a full dollar or more for a single naval orange back in 1978 now charges 29 dollars for a naval orange! The soup and salad no longer exists inside " The Garage" so don't look for Duncan Kennedy there. The Coop is still there but scores of homeless sleep in its corridor every night on slabs of cardboard .United they sleep safely. The big building across the street from the yard where profs, students , and townies played chess on the outside tables of Au Pain French bakery until 3 a.m. got a huge makeover and after years of major renovation that went very slowly, they finally redid the whole building completing the project about a year ago. Down Mass ave. MIT stopped showing the free summer movies a few years ago, ( sigh) but that nifty pizzeria located between Harvard yard and H business school still serves delicious gooey thin slices with a slightly charred crust ! That crappy chinese restaurant on mass ave unfortuntely still exists somehow which is mind boggling. The rat population in Cambridge has grown significantly between the Great Depression 2 of 2008 and this year's corona virus esp in the heart of H yard and campus! Yikes. The bookstore around the bend as you head off north into the tony, leafy, neighborhoods is finito, but Brattleboro theater is there " sort of" and the ancient tailor repair sewing shop across the street is still in business. The cinema across the street from that big old church is gone and so is the cinema that was near the rsstaurant you mentioned, that closed. The citgo sign that is near Fenway park is still there and so is the stately prudential building.
@@ernestkovach3305 Great update! If that Chinese restaurant you’re referring to is the “Hong Kong” then it might be in business still because it offers more than just Chinese food! A few male classmates of mine told many stories about what happens after a few scorpio bowls. But the worst part is to know that they closed The Tasty a while back. That was my haunt and “Brandy You’re a Fine Girl” was always playing when we were there. To this day, whenever I hear that song I think of The Tasty and cheeseburgers
