2002 Michelson Interferometry Summer School

TRAVELING TO THE MICHELSON SUMMER SCHOOL

It is most important that you telephone your airline close to the time of departure, probably the day before, to learn the exact departure time. The airlines will contact the JPL Travel office with changes in schedules, however, last minute changes may not be communicated.

The distance between Logan/Boston airport is about 10 miles and the taxi fare is about $25.

If you wish to take the subway from the airport, the connections between lines are difficult with luggage, but of course still possible, and the walk to Lesley from Harvard Square is a bit long. Information on the subway lines in Boston can be found here:

• Subway Service
• Taking the Subway from Logan International Airport

ON ARRIVING AT LESLEY UNIVERSITY

A map of the immediate area surrounding the dormitory where you will be staying in Cambridge is attached (PDF). Check in takes place at Jenckes House, 31 Mellon St., location "23" on the map. They are open Monday to Friday 9:00 am to 9:00 pm; Saturday and Sunday 10:00 am to 12:00 noon, and 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm.

If you are arriving at other times, the Lesley folks may be able to make arrangements to be there. For those arriving outside these bounds and finding that Jenckes House is closed, they can proceed down the street away from Mass Ave to the Security office on the right side of the street opposite side from Jenckes House and denoted by the white sign. The Security folks are always there and can make arrangements to get room keys.

If you are arriving by car, the following directions on getting to Lesley University may be useful.

ROOMS AT MACKENZIE HOUSE, MALLOCH HOUSE AND WHITE HALL

Please consult the Campus Map for the location of the dorms. They are located together near the corner of Everett Street and Oxford Street, locations 32, 34, and 36 on the map. Access is via Mellen Street.

The women will be housed together in MacKenzie or Malloch Hall. They will be in single rooms (rooms may have a one or two single beds). Each floor has a lounge with clothes washer and dryer, kitchen area with stove and refrigerator, sitting area, cable TV, payphone, soda and snack vending machines.

The men will be housed on two floors in White Hall. Accommodations and conveniences same as above.

The dorms are in adjacent buildings. Charlie's Coffee Shop is open during the day in MacKenzie Hall. The Cafeteria will not be open.

Dorms have a person on duty 24 hours. Dorm will provide towels, linen, pillows. If a replacement is needed they will provide it.

GETTING FROM LESLEY TO THE CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS

• Go west on Mellen Street to Massachusetts Avenue
• Turn right on Massachusetts Avenue
• Turn left onto Shepard St (cross at the lights by Starbucks)
• Follow Shepard to Garden Street
• Turn right on Garden Street
• Continue past Bond Street
• Turn left up the driveway of the Center for Astrophysics (by the lights) where Linnaean Street ends at Garden Street.

The reception is in the Pratt Conference Room on your left as you come up the driveway.

The lectures of the Summer School will be held in the Phillips Auditorium, which is further up the driveway, around the building to the left, and up the stairs.

GETTING TO AND AROUND CAMBRIDGE

PDF map of the Harvard area
Hypertext clickable Harvard Map
About Harvard University
Travel Instructions to Campus Buildings

Map of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Map Quest Map of Harvard Area.