The Diner Project - Historic Photo Exhibition

Visit The Diner Project: Discovering a Time Past, But Not Forgotten, a special photography exhibition. Compiled by photographer Andrew Satter formerly of Cambridge and currently residing in New Paltz, NY, The Diner Project is comprised of black-and-white photographs taken between 1974 and 1977 at the iconic Russ's Kitchenette Diner in East Cambridge. The photographs, many which have never been exhibited and were presumed lost nearly three decades ago, document an important and bygone period of Cambridge's history and culture. 

The diner, which was located on the corner of First and Rogers Streets in East Cambridge, was a beehive of daily activity from its opening in 1937 until its closing in 1978. 

Documented through the eyes of then aspiring twenty-year old photographer Andrew Satter, viewers will be transported back through time and introduced to the diner's staff: Russ the owner, Charlie the cook, and Geri the waitress, as well as many of its loyal customers -- some for more than thirty years including police officers, truck drivers, clerks, letter carriers and construction workers. 

In addition to the forty-one unique images on display in the exhibition, visitors have the option to watch two videos about the Diner Project: An Artist Talk with Andrew Satter, and Down Around Here, an award winning short documentary film about the diner by local filmmaker David Sutherland.  

Visit the exhibition located on Level 2 across from T.J.Maxx from Sunday, March 30 through Saturday, may 31, 2025.