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Blair Holbrook skied down Cambridge Street on Friday.
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Snow was cleared in front of the Boston Public Library.
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Louie Rodriguez of the New Bedford Forestry Department cut a fallen tree.
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A guest at the Seaport Hotel crossed the street against the wind and snow.
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A father played with his child on Boston Common.
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Snow pelted pedestrians.
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Two people crossed the street in near whiteout conditions.
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A pedestrian made his way through driving snow with a broken umbrella in the Back Bay.
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A man took a photo of the storm on Quincy Shore Drive.
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A man was stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport.
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People ran in Copley Square.
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The Commonwealth Avenue Mall was covered in snow.
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Post Office Square was eerily quiet
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A man walked along Washington Street in Newburyport.
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The Mass. Pike, normally a bane of commuters on Friday afternoons, was almost completely empty.
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Governor Patrick announced a state of emergency and vehicle ban for the state.
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The 1940 Valentine’s Day Blizzard 
