Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society
The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society (or The Coop, pronounced as a single syllable
The Coop was founded as the Harvard Cooperative in 1882 to supply books,
Only students,
The Coop stores are managed by
In 2014, the MIT branch announced that it was the first campus bookstore in the U.S. to accept bitcoin payments.[6]
The MIT branch had, for decades, operated a department store and general bookstore at 325 Main Street as Kendall Square's largest retailer. In February 2019, this store moved to smaller temporary home at 80 Broadway, to allow for demolition of the building housing its former location. A new, taller sixteen-story building will be constructed on the site, and the Coop is expected to move into a space larger than its temporary quarters, but possibly smaller than its previous space at that location.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e "About Us". TheCoop: the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society Store. The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Store Locations - The Coop". Store.thecoop.com. Harvard Cooperative Society. Retrieved 2014-07-07.
- ^ "Membership". TheCoop: the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society Store. The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Patronage Rebate". TheCoop: the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society Store. The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ "Student Elections". TheCoop: the Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society Store. The Harvard/MIT Cooperative Society. Retrieved 2014-03-31.
- ^ Borchers, Callum (September 4, 2014). "MIT Coop to accept bitcoin payments". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
- ^ Hennacy, Kaitlyn (February 14, 2019). "MIT COOP building to be demolished, replaced". The Tech. Retrieved 2020-03-23.