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Article: Tackling a tough project ; `This Old House' marks 30th season by fighting back against housing crisis
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- November 8, 2009
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Messiah Franklin walks to work along Woodbine Street in Roxbury,
past foreclosed and boarded up homes, and by signs that read
"private property" and "beware of dog." But as he reaches the end of
the street, he is overwhelmed by a sense of purpose.
Franklin, 20, says he is inspired by the sight of workers and a
camera crew buzzing around a formerly abandoned two-family home that
is being restored by the Public Broadcasting Service program "This
Old House."
Franklin grew up on the street at the center of the city's
foreclosure crisis, and like many longtime residents he is happy to
witness something good happening. The dilapidated house is being
rebuilt through a partnership with "This Old ...