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Somerville history - walking tour May 7 of Magoun Square to Armory neighborhood
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Somerville history - walking tour May 7 of Magoun Square to Armory neighborhood3h ago
Maida Tilchen from Magoun Square
On Saturday, May 7 from 10 am - noon, starting in front of the CVS, there will be a walking tour about the history of the neighborhood that goes from the CVS in Magoun Square (that's the next big intersection on Broadway east of Ball Square), down Lowell Street, Hudson Street, Benton Street, and then turning onto Highland near the Armory and ending up at Lowell Street.
The neighborhood once included a Hostess Cupcakes factory; a Hires Root Beer plant, some houses going back to the 1870s and other surprising history. The land was once a farm owned by an abolitionist.
This will be an informal tour with everyone invited to contribute what they know. It is part of the international Jane's Walk, an event of neighborhood walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, the urban renewal activist who saved Greenwich Village from being a big highway.
The walk is sponsored by the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission. It will be video'd and that will be on http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/.... There are already some great videos of past walking tours if you click on Brochures and Self-Guided Tours. May is Historic Preservation Month in Somerville so check that site for other events in May.
Somerville history - walking tour May 7 of Magoun Square to Armory neighborhood3h ago
Maida Tilchen from Magoun Square
On Saturday, May 7 from 10 am - noon, starting in front of the CVS, there will be a walking tour about the history of the neighborhood that goes from the CVS in Magoun Square (that's the next big intersection on Broadway east of Ball Square), down Lowell Street, Hudson Street, Benton Street, and then turning onto Highland near the Armory and ending up at Lowell Street.
The neighborhood once included a Hostess Cupcakes factory; a Hires Root Beer plant, some houses going back to the 1870s and other surprising history. The land was once a farm owned by an abolitionist.
This will be an informal tour with everyone invited to contribute what they know. It is part of the international Jane's Walk, an event of neighborhood walking tours inspired by Jane Jacobs, the urban renewal activist who saved Greenwich Village from being a big highway.
The walk is sponsored by the Somerville Historic Preservation Commission. It will be video'd and that will be on http://www.somervillema.gov/departments/.... There are already some great videos of past walking tours if you click on Brochures and Self-Guided Tours. May is Historic Preservation Month in Somerville so check that site for other events in May.