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This time of year, the North End neighborhood sidewalks are bustling with both tourists and residents enjoying the summer weather.
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I am especially fond of these old copper clad buildings at this street intersection.
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And these at North Square.
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Although it's just another pedestrian crosswalk on Hanover Street, it struck me as Abbey Road-esque considering this is the 50th anniversary year.
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No North End visit is complete without a stop at Mike's Pasty. The endless popularity, year in year out, is astounding.
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During many of the summer weekends, Italian religious festivals and processions draw big crowds of residents and tourists and participants.
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Posing before the statue of the Madonna, it will soon be carried through the streets by some of these men.
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Generation to generation.
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They maneuver the Madonna's shrine onto the carrier.
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Get everything positioned just right.......
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.... then fire off the confetti canons........
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....and the bands play and off they all go through the streets.
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