Davis Square 1997 vs. Davis Square 2007

[cvs-is-king.livejournal.com]

which do you prefer?

Comments

Re: Utne Reader article

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

It's interesting because I often hear people say that the UTNE Reader also said Davis was the "Paris of the 90's" but I didn't see that in the article. Maybe they came from somewhere else like some other article about the UTNE article.

Re: Utne Reader article

[magpie-leah.livejournal.com]

Ah. Just answered my own question:
http://bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/03106469.asp

Must get back to work. Must stop googling.

Re: Utne Reader article

[ron_newman]

Craig Swanson blames the Phoenix for that.

Re: Utne Reader article

[ron_newman]

It definitely didn't come from Utne, despite what the Phoenix article you linked to says.

I can't find anything on the Phoenix web site with that phrase that's actually from the mid-90s, so I can't substantiate Craig Swanson's claim.

A Google Groups (i.e. Usenet) search finds this apartment ad using the phrase, posted way back in July, 1992.

The person who would really know is Cecily Miller, who ran the Somerville Arts Council back then. She's now in charge of arts programming at Forest Hills Cemetery in Jamaica Plain.