56 Whitaker Building in Cambridge, Massachusetts

56 Whitaker Building in Cambridge is a university building. 56 Whitaker Building is also known as Building 56. 56 Whitaker Building is located near Jordan Place.
Alternate Name
Building 56
Building Type
university building

Artworks

  • Aesop's Fables, II (Artist: Mark di Suvero, steel) – approx. 200 ft.
  • Transparent Horizon (Artist: Louise Nevelson) – approx. 250 ft.
  • The Big Sail (Artist: Alexander Calder, steel) – approx. 450 ft.
  • Banana Lounge – approx. 450 ft.
  • Bars of color within squares (Artist: Sol LeWitt) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Hagar in the Desert (Artist: Jacques Lipchitz) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Walker Murals (Artist: Edwin Howland Blashfield) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Bather (Artist: Jacques Lipchitz) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Sacrifice III (Artist: Jacques Lipchitz) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Working Model for Reclining Figure (Artist: Henry Moore, bronze) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Elmo-MIT (Artist: Dimitri Hadzi, bronze) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Birth of the Muses (Artist: Jacque Lipchitz, bronze) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • TV Man or Five-Piece Cube with Strange Hole (Artist: David Bakalar) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Angola (Artist: Isaac Witkin) – approx. 0.1 mi.

Libraries

  • Lewis Music Library – approx. 550 ft.
  • Hayden Memorial Library (operator: Massachusetts Institute of Technology) – approx. 0.1 mi.

Bus stops

  • 500 Main St – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Broadway at Ames St – approx. 0.1 mi.

Cafes

  • Forbes Family Cafe – approx. 400 ft.

Banks

  • Eastern Bank (with ATM, opening hours: Mon–Fri 9–17) at Main Street 415 (02142) – approx. 0.1 mi.

Tourist information centers

  • Officer Sean Collier Memorial – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • MIT Campus Map – approx. 0.1 mi.

Bike rentals

  • Blue Bikes - Main St at Ames St (Lyft, 18 vehicles) – approx. 0.1 mi.
  • Blue Bikes - MIT Stata Center at Vassar St / Main St (Lyft, 35 vehicles) – approx. 0.1 mi.

Arts centers

  • List Visual Arts Center at Ames Street 20 (02139) – approx. 500 ft.