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The Esplanade on Munger Blvd.
When Munger Place was planned in 1905 it was a pleasant walkable community with many stores, and shops within close walking distance. Two boulevards with wide esplanades were built with Swiss to the North West and Munger Boulevard crossing it. Both were of the same width. In the late fifties or early sixties, as the automobile age grew, Munger was widened, the trees cut, and today only has a narrow divide. For fifty years or so the esplanade on Munger offered shade for afternoon walks. In the early evening Bishop Lynch would walk from his parish home on Swiss then down Munger Boulevard and back often strolling with his parishioners. The afternoon shade offered as well as a place for children to play.
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The Esplanade in 1905
The Esplanade from the Michell Porch
The Esplanade in the 1949 Ice Storm
While many played there before 1944, when the Michell family, with five kids, arrived on Tremont Street in a house with a big wrap around porch facing the esplanade the activity greatly increased. This began the growth of the group who later called themselves the Mongrels.
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