Hi. I’m Donna.
My family just moved from Forbes Ave. to my new house on Phillip Avenue. This new house has a garage! Here’s mom and me. She is Alice Eastman.
I’m not sure who is holding me on this fire hydrant, but I’m happy she didn’t drop me.
The new house is a little bigger, and so is the yard. Duchess likes it here.
See? It’s a big yard. Lots of room to run around. I’m getting older, and so is Duchess.
My brother.
My sister, Sandy, had a crush on this boy. I think everyone did.
Lots of things will change. We will get older. Duchess will go away. The cars will change. I wonder if the neighborhood will change. The houses? I guess I’ll just have to wait and find out.
Well, as it turns out . . .
No, the neighborhood will NOT change. The houses will stay the same even 60 years later. While most of the town churns and undulates, with add-ons and tear-downs erasing the original character of many neighborhoods, Phillip Avenue appears to be stubbornly static. If this continues, Burlington might have a bona fide “Retro Road.”
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