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Culture

How to Discover the History of Your Neighborhood, Without Leaving Home

Even during social distancing, you can time-travel back. Here's how I explored the history of my own street.

A friend of mine once told me life is short, but it is wide. I’ve been thinking about that lately, less in terms of life, but in terms of space. Most of us aren’t going anywhere these days. Our circles are smaller, our paths closer to home. Space is short. But there’s a different way to go wide when you can’t go far, and that’s to go back.

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