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North Bennet Street School: 125 years and thriving.

November 11, 2010
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North Bennet Street School: 125 years and thriving.

More than a mecca to the aspiring woodworker, the North Bennet Street School– lying a few steps from Old North Church (“one if by land, two if by sea”) in Boston’s historic North End neighborhood–operates as a veritable university of innovative training programs across eight different craft disciplines. The school draws students from across...

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Lance Patterson: The dean of period furniture.

August 19, 2010
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Lance Patterson: The dean of period furniture.

By: Manya Chylinski Lance Patterson is a bit of an enigma. His colleagues and students at Boston’s North Bennet Street School seem to think they don’t know the real Lance, who doesn’t spend much time socializing. But they’re the people who know him best. Woodworker, teacher, brilliant craftsman–that’s the real Lance. He just happens...

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