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TEXT: Faneuil Hall Today
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TEXT: Faneuil Hall Today Into the 21st century, Faneuil Hall has remained an active and important place for Bostonians. In the early 19th century the three granite structures of the Quincy Market were built to the east of the Hall. These, along with Faneuil Hall’s market stalls, continued to be Boston’s wholesale food distribution center until the ninety sixties. During the ninety seventies, the entire Faneuil Hall area underwent a major renewal, and today the stalls purvey food to the thousands of visitors each day.
The meeting room at Faneuil Hall still serves the people of Boston as a public meeting place as well. National issues continue to be discussed from its stage, but more frequently, the Hall is the site of debates on community issues, high school graduations, and naturalization ceremonies for new Americans. Peter Faneuil’s original Hall was intended to serve Bostonians as a market place for food on one level, and a market place for ideas on the second. Today this tradition continues.
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Text explaining Faneuil Hall as it is today.
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1 minute, 5 seconds
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UniDescription/Gould and Pollock
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