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A minor correction, John: I believe Bradish's tavern was closer to the middle of the first block of present J.F.K. Street, and not at the corner of Mount Auburn. The Cambridge Historical Commission had a plaque marking the tavern's site, on the former Urban Outfitters building that was just torn down; presumably that plaque will be re-erected on the new building that goes up on that site.
The Harvard/Radcliffe Online Historical Reference Shelf list of "Cambridge Buildings and Architects" puts the tavern at modern-day 13 J.F.K. Street and cites numerous sources:
https://wayback.archive-it.org/5488/20170330145548/http://hul.harvard.edu/lib/archives/refshelf/cba/k.html#kennedyst
Whatever its location, though, everything I've heard about Bradish's indicates that it was definitely the go-to place for students who wanted to get in trouble, as well as a site for reputable political meetings.
Sep 22, 2019, 7:13:18 PM
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