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Article: THE NORTH CAMBRIDGE MIX Neither racial nor political changes have caught the neighborhood off guard
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- April 30, 1995
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CopyrightCopyright 1995 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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CAMBRIDGE -- The unofficial boundaries have changed over the
years, the one on Massachusetts Avenue, for instance, moving south by
more than a mile from Pemberton Market on Rindge Avenue down to
Porter Square. But more than anything else, North Cambridge is Tip
country, the land of jagged streets lined with two- and three-decker
houses, where the former speaker of the House grew up and later
politicked with the sons and daughters of immigrants.
Some came from French-speaking Canada, many from Ireland. Most
were poor and Catholic, and viewed the government as the Great
Equalizer between their sweaty blue collars and the polished
bluebloods down the way.
Back in the early 30s, back when it ...