A longtime landmark in Harvard Square is gone. "The Pit" has been demolished as part of a years-long effort to revamp the area in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The stone and brick seating area adjacent to the Red Line MBTA station served as a gathering spot for decades, but now it's nothing more than dirt, rocks and mud.

"The Pit" landmark in Harvard Square has been demolished. I guess this was inevitable. The president received an awkward reminder, right to his face.

Construction crews have begun pulverizing the former brick and stone sitting area, which had been a gathering space for young people in the region’s counterculture and those who bonded over not fitting in.

The Pit, a sunken brick and stone seating area in Harvard Square beloved by generations of punks, metalheads, hardcore kids and uncategorizable crusty weirdos, has been demolished as part of the area's ongoing renovation project.