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Locke-Ober was a longstanding fine dining restaurant in Boston that operated between circa 1875 and 2012. Claimed to be the city’s fourth-oldest restaurant (after the Union Oyster House (1826), Durgin-Park (1827), and the Jacob Wirth Restaurant (1868)), it featured classical French cuisine and seafood.
The region was already reeling after storms in January 1978 that left nearly two feet of snow in some areas of New England, [9] and had caused the collapse of the roof of the Hartford Civic Center. [10] The government of Massachusetts had a system for notifying major employers to send employees home early in the event of heavy storms.
Lesser accumulations up to 20 in (51 cm)—occurred in areas south to western Connecticut, Massachusetts, southern Vermont, northern Rhode Island, and eastern New Hampshire. [1] Lighter snowfall extended as far south as central Virginia, and as far west as Indiana. [4] The snow was accompanied by high winds, in some areas reaching 45 mph (72 km/h).
Abandoned cars line Route 6A in Yarmouth Port, Massachusetts, one of the harder hit areas, receiving as much as 30.5 inches (77.5 cm) of snow during the blizzard.. The North American blizzard of 2005 was a three-day storm that affected large areas of the northern United States, dropping more than 3 feet (0.9 m) of snow in parts of southeastern Massachusetts, as well as much of the Boston ...
Over two feet of snow were reported in portions of Massachusetts, peaking at 31 inches (79 cm) in Wilmington. [6] Heavy snow also fell in Rhode Island, where the snowfall peaked at 25.1 inches (64 cm) in Foster. [5] A storm surge of 3 feet (0.91 m) was reported on Nantucket while a 2.8 feet (0.85 m) storm surge was recorded in Boston. [5]
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Durgin-Park (/ ˈ d ɜːr ɡ ɪ n ˌ p ɑː r k / DUR-ghin-park) was a centuries-old restaurant at 340 Faneuil Hall Marketplace in downtown Boston. The Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau stated that it had been a "landmark since 1827", [1] and it was a popular tourist destination within Quincy Market.
Union Oyster House is a restaurant at 41–43 Union Street in Downtown Boston, Massachusetts. Open to diners since 1826, it is among the oldest operating restaurants in the United States and the oldest known to have been continuously operating. The building was listed as a National Historic Landmark on May 27, 2003.