TEMPLE PLACE IS LOOKING LIKE ITS OLD SELF From: The Boston Globe | Date: February 12, 1989| Author: Teresa M. Hanafin, Globe Staff | Copyright (null) The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

It was not all that long ago that Temple Place and West Street were nothing more than sepulchral alleyways in the midst of a downtown revival: Downtown Crossing was booming, luxury condos were sprouting on the Common and developers were casting hungry eyes on the rapidly fading Combat Zone.

But along these two so-called "ladder blocks" -- rung-like connectors between Washington and Tremont streets -- stores were shuttered, offices sat empty and pigeons had set up housekeeping.

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