Galaxy: Earth Sphere
Galaxy: Earth Sphere is a 1989 fountain and sculpture by Joe Davis, installed in Kendall Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The artwork was designed to emit streams of low-temperature steam from time to time, but the pipes sourcing this emission have been broken for some time.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include MIT Museum and Kendall/MIT station.
MIT Museum
Museum
The MIT Museum, founded in 1971, is part of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It hosts collections of holography, technology-related artworks, artificial intelligence, architecture, robotics, maritime history, and the history of MIT. MIT Museum is situated 570 feet west of Galaxy: Earth Sphere.
Kendall/MIT station
Metro station
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kendall/MIT station is an underground rapid transit station in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It is served by the MBTA Red Line. Located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway, it is named for the primary areas it serves - the Kendall Square business district and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Kendall/MIT station is situated 360 feet west of Galaxy: Earth Sphere.
MIT Sloan School of Management
The MIT Sloan School of Management is the business school of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT Sloan School of Management is situated 580 feet southeast of Galaxy: Earth Sphere.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kendall Square and East Cambridge.
Kendall Square
Locality
Kendall Square is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The square itself is located at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway.
East Cambridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Tim Pierce, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Cambridge is a neighborhood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. East Cambridge is bounded by the Charles River and the Charlestown neighborhood of Boston on the east, the Somerville border on the north, Broadway and Main Street on the south, and the railroad tracks on the west.
Wellington-Harrington
Neighborhood
Wellington-Harrington, also known as Area 3, is a neighborhood in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Overlapping with Inman Square and Kendall Square, it is bounded by Hampshire Street and Broadway on the southwest, the Grand Junction railroad tracks on the east, and the Somerville town line on the north.
Galaxy: Earth Sphere
- Type: Fountain
- Description: fountain and sculpture by Joe Davis
- Category: sculpture
- Location: City of Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.36238° or 42° 21′ 45″ northLongitude
-71.08439° or 71° 5′ 4″ westOpen location code
87JC9W68+X6OpenStreetMap ID
way 846311283OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=fountainWikidata ID
Q85762552
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