The Changing Face Of Harvard Square

Harvard Square is no stranger to change, but the historic neighborhood seems to be undergoing a particularly fast overturn, with more than 10 percent of retail spaces currently vacant. The empty buildings add to the list of local places that are now memories of the past: the Harvard Square Theater, Tealuxe and Crema Café. In for Jim Braude, Adam Reilly was joined by Denise Jillson, executive director of the Harvard Square Business Association; Cathy Botindari, co-owner of Colonial Drug – which moved to Newton in 2013 after sixty years in the Square; and Shoshanah Garber, the owner of Black Sheep Bagels, which opened in the Square last summer.