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Newcomers to the Charles River Campus, where the University has lived by degrees for more than half a century, may be surprised to learn that going to BU used to mean going to Copley Square. Most departments were on or near Boylston Street until the westward migration began in the late 1930s. This circa 1920 postcard shows Huntington Avenue in the foreground, with Trinity Church to the right. In the center is the College of Business Administration (now SMG). BU purchased the building from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1916 when MIT moved to Cambridge and BU set about expanding its business program. The New England Life headquarters now occupies the site. From the collection of M. B. Shavelson

23 Friday 2001
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