The Macy s building didn t even exist when Burlington high schoolers last studied downtown. But the recent move evoked a flood of memories for Edmunds alumni, who remembered fondly the days when the city center was an integral part of their high school years the place for lunchtime hangouts, afterschool jobs and streets to cruise on Saturday nights. Half a dozen alums, the youngest now in their seventies, spoke to
Seven Days about their long-ago experiences. click to enlarge BHS Twirlers, 1949 Edmunds Main Street location allowed more students to walk to school, so socializing began as soon as teens left their homes in the morning. Joyce Albarelli, class of 1949, remembered the walk to the Edmunds building as a social time. She d leave her home on Luck Street in the Old North End and pick up classmates along the way.