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Directions by Public Transportation
Directions by Car
Parking
By Public Transportation
Nearby T subway stops are located at Sullivan Square (Orange Line) and Porter and Davis Squares (Red Line). Bus service is also available from various points throughout greater Boston. Check out www.mbta.com for a complete list of routes and schedules.
By Car
From the North Shore
Take I-93 South to Exit 31 (Route 16 East towards Revere), stay in the right lane and take a right at the traffic light at the end of the ramp. Stay in the middle lane, crossing Mystic Avenue and continuing onto Harvard Street. Follow Harvard Street – which becomes Warner Street after crossing Boston Avenue – until the Powderhouse Square Rotary.
From here you can:
o Continue halfway around the rotary onto College Avenue. Look for a parking spot and orange balloons and start your tour at one of several studios on College Avenue;
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o Continue nearly all the way around the rotary, make a right turn onto Broadway and follow it into Ball Square. Unmetered street parking available while you pick up an SOS map at Blue Cloud Gallery (713 Broadway) and continue your tour.
From Boston and the South Shore
Begin your tour at the Washington Street Arts Center, 321 Washington Street, and pick up maps to other studio sites. Take the McGrath / O'Brien Highway north, passing the Science Museum and Lechmere Station to the Washington Street exit. Turn left onto Washington Street towards Union Square. Look for Ricky's Flower Market on your left and bear right at the traffic light. Continue straight at the next light following Washington St towards Cambridge. The Washington Street Arts Center will be on your right, shortly after crossing over the railroad tracks. You may park, pick up a map there, and begin your tour, continuing into Union Square.
From Metro-West and Route 2
Take Rte. 2 East to the traffic light at the intersection with Alewife Brook Parkway and bear left onto Rte. 16 East. At the next light, take a right onto Massachusetts Ave. towards Cambridge. Take a left at your third light onto Cameron Avenue. Follow Cameron until it ends and take a right onto Holland Street. Follow Holland Street into Davis Square passing the T station and the Somerville Theatre on your right. After the traffic light, Holland becomes Elm Street. Immediately look for McIntyre & Moore Booksellers on your left at 255 Elm. Here you can pick up an SOS map and begin your studio tour.
From Harvard Square
Follow Massachusetts Avenue to the Porter Square Shopping Center and take a right into the shopping center parking lot. Keep your engines running as you pick up an SOS map at Porter Square Books or at the map dispenser by the MBTA bus stop on Elm Street, then park on any side street in Somerville (residential parking restrictions will be lifted from 12pm-6pm on Saturday; there are no restrictions on Sunday). Begin your tour at any of the studios along and around Elm Street.
