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Article: THE PRIDE OF UPHAMS CORNER IN HIS NEIGHBORHOOD, HAL COHEN IS A MENTOR, LANDLORD, COMMUNITY ACTIVIST, AND FRIEND
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- May 29, 2003
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Inside the old Maxwell Products warehouse in Dorchester, a blue
whale of a building where Hal Cohen used to manufacture boxes, a
black dog named Amigo friskily greets a visitor. So Cohen leads his
pet into the cluttered, cavernous room with seascapes on the walls,
porcelain cups in a dusty cabinet, winter hats from his daughter's
flea market, and an ever-running television, a room that he once
called home.
Amigo is the dog that Cohen, a neighborhood activist, found at the
pound to help a young expectant father learn responsibility. The room
is the place where Cohen lived, illegally, for five years until the
city condemned his building in February.
Uphams Corner rallied behind the man who ...
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