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Ball Square
Somerville
Green-E
Cozy little square that finally got its T stop in 2022. Diner-and-bakery vibe with Tufts grad students filtering through.
#food#coffee#walking
What to do
- •Brunch at Sound Bites
- •Half-moon cookies at Lyndell's
- •Walk the Community Path to Davis
- •Catch a Tufts game
Events
- •Lyndell's centennial-style birthday bake-off (Sept)
Fun facts
- ✦Named for John H. Ball, dairy farmer who owned the original square.
- ✦The half-moon cookie was invented at Lyndell's in 1887.
- ✦The Green E extension to Ball Square took 36 years from proposal to opening.
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