{"id":2995,"date":"2012-11-28T12:45:06","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T17:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/blog\/?p=2995"},"modified":"2012-11-28T16:06:12","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T21:06:12","slug":"blaze-destroys-central-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/index.php\/2012\/11\/blaze-destroys-central-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Blaze destroys Central Market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2996\" title=\"Firefighters battle a four-alarm blaze at 886 Central St in Lowell. Photo: Jon Hill\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Firefighters-battle-a-four-alarm-blaze-at-886-Central-St.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our hearts go out to the Arsenault family whose Portuguese Market was destroyed in a four-alarm fire yesterday in Lowell&#8217;s Back Central neighborhood. Maria Arsenault lost her father, who was upstairs\u00a0doing repair work in an apartment\u00a0when the blaze started.<\/p>\n<p>It was just about\u00a0a month ago that\u00a0a busload of people visited Maria&#8217;s Central Market as part of our  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/lowe\/historyculture\/lowell-folklife-series.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Lowell Folklife Series<\/a>&#8216;\u00a0ethnic market tour. Maria\u00a0welcomed us in the to three-room store and served Portuguese sweet bread and hard cheese, as we asked questions, toured the market, and purchased Portuguese delicacies.<\/p>\n<p>Below are a few photos taken earlier this fall.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3002\" title=\"Some items on the shelves at Central Market \" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Central-Market.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"227\" height=\"287\" \/>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3013\" title=\"Behind the counter at Central Markeet\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Central-Market-behind-counter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"383\" height=\"290\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Communion outfits at Central Market\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.massfolkarts.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Central-market_clothing1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"243\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our hearts go out to the Arsenault family whose Portuguese Market was destroyed in a four-alarm fire yesterday in Lowell&#8217;s Back Central neighborhood. 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