Winter 2010

North Bennet Street School: 125 years and thriving.

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Lance Patterson at the North Bennet Street School

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 the… »

Lance Patterson: The dean of period furniture.

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Lance Patterson

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 to be… »