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Globe Editorial

Boston loses a keeper

May 31, 2008

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ON A waterfront chockablock with luxury hotels, office towers, and champagne bars, James Hook & Co. clung tenaciously to its place on Northern Avenue. And like the lobsters it sold by the thousands to restaurants, supermarkets, and walk-in customers, the Hook family learned to adapt, even surviving massive disruption from the Big Dig. But the building was no match for ... (Full article: 323 words)

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