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Message: From GoLocalProv by Dan Lawlor, GoLocalProv MINDSETTER™: I don't want to romanticize the old downtown—it was uneasy and could be rough. However, at least during the day, it was a place my late grandmother felt comfortable visiting for a hamburger. I don't know how welcome she'd feel in some of the new places opening up. Local artists and musicians gave downtown an identity after the big department stores closed. Regular residents supported the few businesses that survived during those interim years. As things start to improve downtown, it would be a tragedy if the spaces that empowered and inspired local artists are knocked down for more parking lots, and food affordable (and welcoming) to most of the public disappeared. http://www.golocalprov.comhttp://beta.golocalprov.com/dan-lawlor-is-downtown-becoming-wayland-square