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In May 2020, Malden Reads planned to host the Malden Mass. Memories Road Show (MMRS), a statewide, event-based, participatory digital archiving program that documents people, places, and events in Massachusetts history through family photographs and stories. Due to the pandemic, the in-person event could not be held. So Neighborhood View, in collaboration with Malden Reads, is contributing photographs and stories online as part of the Malden Mass. Memories Stuck-at-Home Show. The following story continues the series of participant profiles, which focus on photographs and what they mean to that resident of Malden. By Joy Pearson  Although we all live in an historical context, our focuses differ. We are shaped by the places and cultures in which we have lived and in which we currently live. But only some of us have eyes that see history everywhere. Inna Babitskaya’s view of life is indelibly guided by historical and cultural lenses. She gravitates to and admires historic buildings. She seeks out biographical facts. When she writes, she writes from an historical point of view. This developed from Inna’s childhood […]

By Mark Micheli The large hole in downtown Malden created by the demolition of the Malden Teen Center four years ago could be replaced with a 7-story building with retail on the first floor and about 60 residential condominiums above that. But first, the city and the developer have to decide the fate of a historic building next door. The historic M. Ida Converse building at 15 Ferry Street will likely be demolished if the city is unable to move it to another location. And that’s because the developer, Alpha Business Center LLC, has permission to demolish it to make way for its plans to construct a large building over that lot, as well as the lot next door at 1 Salem Street. Even if the historic building is demolished or moved, the developer would still need special permits from the city to carry out its building plans on the prominent downtown corner of Ferry, Salem and Main Streets, according to Ward 4 City Councilor Ryan O’Malley. High School Site Eyed For Historic Building A […]

By Maria Membreno For the past 100 years, it has been used as offices for lawyers, for the Tri-City Mental Health and Retardation Association, and for the Industrial Aid Society which, as far back as 1894, ran a day nursery for working factory women. Now, the historic M. Ida Converse building stands vacant on 15 Ferry Street and is in danger of being demolished. The developer who owns the building, and the vacant lot next to it, wants the building removed so he can build a 7-story commercial/residential structure on the two lots, but some city officials and residents are still hopeful the building can be saved, perhaps by moving it to another nearby location. “We want to make sure that we preserve this site and this building wherever it is in order to be able to teach the next generation not only about Malden history but about the importance of philanthropy in our community, as a way to move forward that people give back to their community,” Malden Public Library Director Dora St. Martin […]