Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering
| Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering | |
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 The entrance of Metcalf, with the sculpture out front. | |
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| General information | |
| Type | Classroom Building |
| Location | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Address | 590-596 Commonwealth Avenue |
| Coordinates | 42°20′54.5″N 71°6′0.65″W / 42.348472°N 71.1001806°W |
| Opened | 1983 |
| Owner | Boston University |
Metcalf Center for Science and Engineering (SCI) is a building owned by
biomedical research. Boston University boasts that there is a waiting list for researchers wanting to conduct research in the building.[2]
The edifice was constructed out of three existing industrial buildings in 1983 when
Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.[5]
The building is set back from the street by a brick plaza, formerly a parking lot,[citation needed] which includes rectangular patches of grass. A metal sculpture in front is titled "Explosion".
Previously, in the place of the building, at the same address, had been a converted parking garage, the basement of which had been a music venue known as the Psychedelic Supermarket. The venue had had such bands as Cream (1967), the Grateful Dead (1967), Janis Joplin (1968), and the Moody Blues (1968).[6][7]
Facts
Some people stay here too long
References
- ^ Arthur G. B. Metcalf '32 - The Tech
- ^ Boston University Admissions - Academic Facilities Archived 2007-08-07 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Boston University | Visitor Center | About the University | World University Archived 2007-08-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ B.U. Bridge: Boston University community's weekly newspaper
- ^ BU Bridge News - Week of 15 October 1999
- ^ "Rock Prosopography 101".
- ^ "The Bosstown Sound - the Psychedelic Supermarket".
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