Kresge Auditorium

Kresge Auditorium is an auditorium structure at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, located at 48 Massachusetts Avenue, .
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  • Type: University building
  • Description: auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Also known as: Building W16”, “Massachusetts Institute of Technology Building #W16”, “W16”, and “W16 Kresge Auditorium
  • Address: 48 Massachusetts Avenue, MA

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Massachusetts Institute of Technology Chapel and Francis Russell Hart Nautical Museum.

Place of worship
The MIT Chapel is a non-denominational designed by noted architect Eero Saarinen. It is located on the campus of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in , next to Kresge Auditorium and the Kresge Oval, both of which Saarinen also designed.

Museum
The Hart Nautical Gallery is a gallery in the at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, , United States. The collections include construction drawings of the Doris sailing yacht, designer William Hand’s surviving drawings, and material relating to shipbuilder Jacob Aaron Westervelt. is situated 610 feet east of Kresge Auditorium.

University building
The Al and Barrie is the central athletics facility at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 2002. It is connected to Rockwell Cage, du Pont Gymnasium and the Johnson Athletic Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kendall Square and Cambridgeport.

Locality
Photo: Daderot, CC0.
is a neighborhood in , United States. The itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.

Neighborhood
is one of the neighborhoods of . It is bounded by Massachusetts Avenue, the , the Grand Junction Railroad, and River Street.

The neighborhood is named after Kenmore Square, and after the Fens, both of which it encompasses. Kenmore Square is the area's dynamic urban center.

Kresge Auditorium

Latitude
42.35818° or 42° 21′ 29″ north
Longitude
-71.09507° or 71° 5′ 42″ west
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
Levels
2
Height
53 feet (16 metres)
Open location code
87JC9W53+7X
Open­Street­Map ID
way 24494029
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­auditorium
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­university
Geo­Names ID
4941458
Wiki­data ID
Q6436787
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In Other Languages

From French to Persian—“Kresge Auditorium” goes by many names.
  • French: Kresge Auditorium
  • German: Kresge Auditorium
  • Japanese: クレスゲ・オーディトリアム
  • Japanese: クレスジ・オーディトリウム
  • Persian: سالن سخنرانی کرست

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