Joe Pace
Granite State of Mind, #113: Hayden Sports, Durham
My favorite entries in this series come when I can use a place as an excuse to talk about people. So yeah, I dig Hayden's Sports on Main...
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Joe Pace
May 31, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #112: Rockingham Ballroom, Newmarket
I learned to ballroom dance in college, when Jen and I took a few semesters of lessons at the MUB. We became sufficiently confident in...
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Joe Pace
May 30, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #111: Kentucky Fried Chicken, Portsmouth
Yes, I'm going to tell a story about KFC. I'm going to tell it because even to this day, almost thirty years later, I can't drive down...
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Joe Pace
May 29, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #110: Exeter AREA Junior High School, Exeter
With the sad news yesterday of the passing of Mr. Meehan, this seems an appropriate time to reflect on the school that only knew two...
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Joe Pace
May 28, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #109: Gale Park, Exeter
On Memorial Day, we specifically honor those servicemen and women who gave what President Lincoln called "the last full measure of...
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Joe Pace
May 18, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #108: Portsmouth Hospital, Portsmouth
I wasn't born in Portsmouth Cottage Hospital, the elegant 1895 building in the picture accompanying this post. That was the city's...
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Joe Pace
May 17, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #107: Bowl-O-Rama and Scoreboard Sports Lounge, Portsmouth
As any New Englander knows, candlepin is the only legitimate form of bowling. Candlepin is older, invented in 1880, before the...
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Joe Pace
May 16, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #106: Hamilton Smith Chapel, Durham
Hamilton Smith was a Kentucky native who grew up in Durham in the mid-19th century and was one of the builders of the London Underground....
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Joe Pace
May 15, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #105: Pease AFB, Newington/Portsmouth
I still call it Pease Air Force Base, even though it hasn't been that for more than a quarter century. As a kid growing up in Stratham...
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Joe Pace
May 14, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #104: Lindt & Sprüngli Factory, Stratham
In 1845, Zurich confectioner David Sprüngli-Schwartz opened a small chocolate shop. In 1876, fellow Swiss candymaker Rodolphe Lindt...
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Joe Pace
May 13, 2017
Granite State of Mind, #103: The Bandstand, Exeter
There are 234 towns and cities in New Hampshire, and none of them has as enduring and iconic a symbol as the Bandstand that graces the...
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Joe Pace
May 12, 2017
Granite State Challenge, #102: New Hampshire Public Television Studios, Durham
Ah, Channel 11. Growing up, it was how we were introduced to British comedies like Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, or watched the endless...
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