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Messiah Franklin walks to work along Woodbine Street in Roxbury, past foreclosed and boarded up homes, and by signs that read “private property’’ and “beware of dog.’’ But as he reaches the end of the street, he is overwhelmed by a sense of purpose.
Franklin, 20, says he is inspired by the sight of workers and a camera crew buzzing around a formerly abandoned two-family home that is being restored by the Public Broadcasting Service program “This Old House.’’
Franklin grew up on the street at the center of the city’s foreclosure crisis, and like many longtime residents he is happy to witness something good happening. The dilapidated house is being rebuilt through a partnership with “This Old House,’’ the City of Boston, and nonprofit developer Nuestra Comunidad Development Corp.
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