Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace turns 45 this fall, but it has been a commercial and community hub in the Queen City for much longer. The street gets its name from the Unitarian Universalist church at its top, which was built in 1816. The dusty dirt lane had a mixture of stores and homes, and it was dark, too. Gas lamps illuminated the boulevard in 1854 and were replaced by electric lights in 1886. Public transportation began in 1885 with…
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