Magoun Square
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Magoun Square is a neighborhood of Somerville, Massachusetts located at the intersection of two major streets, Broadway and Medford Street, with the smaller Dexter Street. It is close to Tufts University in neighboring Medford, Massachusetts. It is a mixed-use urban area. Medford Street crosses into Medford just north of this intersection and becomes Main Street.
Magoun Square was named after Thatcher Magoun, a Medford icon who led its shipbuilding industry in the mid-1800s1.
The neighborhood immediately to the west of the commercial district is one of the sites listed for a proposed station stop on the new mass transit, light rail Green Line extension. The expected completion date is 2013.
Oddly, the recorded voices on different MBTA buses pronounce this square's name two different ways when approaching the stop. The "male" voice pronounces it "Mc-GOON Square" whereas the "female" voice pronouncees it "Mc-GOWAN Square."
EDIT: Since Thatcher Magoun is a forefather of mine, I felt it helpful to note that the male recorded voice on the bus is *almost* correct: the correct pronunciation is "Ma-GOON."
