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December 8, 2007

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MANY MERCHANTS in Boston's Downtown Crossing are doing well this holiday season despite the absence of Filene's Basement for the first time in 99 years. But mid-price retail districts in the core city lack the luster of their heyday before the ascendance of the suburban shopping mall. Downtown Crossing needs an institutional enhancement to maintain its vitality. (Full article: 854 words)

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