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Area shopping malls weakened the business district a century later. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther cities in the Commonwealth also suffered economic downturns, but it is arguable that Lowell has rebounded better than most, undergoing a mini-renaissance with a burgeoning university, status as a National Park and a resurrected commercial core. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndustrial architecture was finally recognized as a heritage rather than a blight and its destruction halted. Old textile mills, former department stores, fire stations and schools have been recycled. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLowell may now look much the same, but, in many ways, it is not. These photos tell something of that story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/andrew-c-theokas\"\u003eAndrew C. 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With prosperity, an ever-increasing population and proximity to the city of Boston, Brighton and Allston was annexed to the city in 1874 and henceforth became known as Ward 25. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOver the century that followed, the neighborhood saw new places of worship, public and parochial schools, and housing ranging from one-family and two-family houses which were quickly augmented by three deckers and the largescale building of apartment buildings. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring the first three decades of the 20th century, Brighton and Allston saw its population double, from 27,000 residents in 1910 to 47,000 residents by 1925 and today, with a population of 75,000 people, Brighton and Allston has a rich and ever evolving history, with demographics which are constantly in flux.\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anthony-m-sammarco\"\u003eAnthony M. 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Legend has it that the Easter Bunny lays, decorates and hides eggs. Others brought traditions from Europe. Germans believed, for example, that rabbits laid beautifully colored eggs on Easter. All the while, the chocolate bunnies and eggs serve as a reminder of Easter's ancient origins and Christian traditions. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEaster Traditions in Boston\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, Anthony Sammarco revisits the long-held traditions of decorating Easter eggs, decorating an Egg Tree, choosing an Easter bonnet, children's Easter egg hunts, and attending Easter Services before joining the O’Neils and the Houghtons, who annually participated in matching Easter outfits in the Easter Parade on the Commonwealth Avenue Mall in Boston’s Back Bay. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBostonians have a shared tradition of this very special holiday and though it was ignored by the Puritans we can fondly remember in this book how our parents and grandparents celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ.\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anthony-m-sammarco\"\u003eAnthony M. 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Beacon Hill was cut down in the early nineteenth century and the soil was used to infill and create buildable land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe area at the foot of Beacon Hill, just west of Charles Street, was infilled from the soil carted to the foot of the hill by a railway system to create a flat plain that stretched from Beacon Street opposite the Public Garden to Cambridge Street. As Nathaniel Shurtleff said in A Topographical and Historical Description of Boston: “The hills have been removed to fill up valleys and waste places; streets, vying with each other in their comfortable and sightly mansion houses, have been laid out … and in the Beacon Pole, upon which the warning light and so often blazed, has become now the most populous, as well as the most comfortable part of the city.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe quintessential red brick row houses of Beacon Hill, built by the Boston Brahmins, were a few blocks away from the North Slope of the hill in the late nineteenth century. This area was initially an African American community and later that of immigrants, among them Jewish immigrants who would see places of worship, tenements and apartment buildings built.\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/anthony-m-sammarco\"\u003eAnthony M. 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Property on the eastern shore of the Taunton River was appropriated to the Town of Berkley in 1799. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShipping and ship building became a major source of revenue in Dighton for decades. As the population increased, more homes were built. Townspeople planted gardens on cleared land. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCrops flourished in the fertile soil. Larger farms, which raised animals or vegetables, sprouted up over much of the southern part of town by the mid-1800s. Industry in the northern section took advantage of the rivers, using water power to operate machinery. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLaden with history, the Town of Dighton continues to grow, incorporating its past with future endeavors.\u003cbr\u003e[authors] Author(s): \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/phyllis-a-dupere\"\u003ePhyllis A. 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