SHAYNA: DEDHAM SQUA IS HAVING A MOMENT WITH MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN IMPROVEMENTS IN DEVELOPMENT UNDERWAY.
ANTHONY: THE ACTIVITY IS DESIGNED TO DRIVER’S AND INTO THE SQUARE -- DETOUR DRIVERS AND INTO THE SQUARE.
♪ >> WITH A COURTHOUSE AND COMMUNITY THEATER, DEDHAM SQUARE HAS A CLASSIC LOOK THAT MIGHT REMIND YOU OF THE SET FROM BACK TO THE FUTURE.
THINGS ARE CHANGING BY THE MINUTE THOUGH, MAKING FOR A RATHER HAPPENING PRESENT DAY.
>> THE BEST IS YET TO COME.
AFTER WORKING AT THE COMMUNITY THEATER, PAUL MCMURTRY PURCHASED IT AS AN ADULT.
>> IT HAS BEEN A LABOR OF LOVE.
THERE IS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT A COMMUNITY.
SHOWING ART HOUSE FILMS AND SERVING BEER, WINE, AND REAL BUTTER.
THE THEATER STANDS TALL AS THE CENTERPIECE OF THE SQUARE, WITH GROWTH FROM ALL SIDES, INCLUDING THE CONSTRUCTION OF MORE THAN 100 NEW APARTMENT UNITS.
>> IT HAS BEEN PHENOMENAL TO SEE THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE MIXED-USE.
>> THE 2012 DEDHAM SQUARE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT INFUSED 6.6 MILLION DOLLARS OF PUBLIC INVESTMENT INTO DOWNTOWN.
AESTHETIC AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS MAKE A VISIT TO THE SQUARE APPEALING, SAYS AMY, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF DEDHAM SQUARE CIRCLE.
>> WHAT HAPPENED IS WHAT WE HOPED WOULD HAPPEN, IS THAT A LOT OF PRIVATE DEVELOPERS BECAME VERY INTERESTED IN DEDHAM SQUARE . ♪
>> A PASTRY SHOP IS A SWEET SPOT IN THE AREA.
A BIKE STORE HAS CAP WHEELS SPINNING SINCE 1932.
THE SQUARE IS ALSO HOME TO THE ORIGINAL D’ANGELO’S LOCATION.
IT WAS LAUNCHED IN 1967 IN THE LOCATION THAT IS CURRENTLY A CHILDREN’S BOUTIQUE.
♪ NEW TO THE SCENE IS BOSTON GENERAL STORE, OPEN IN 2017 BY A TOWN RESIDENT AND SPECIALIZING IN DISTINCT PRODUCTS AND BRANDS, FROM SPECIAL SPICES --
ALL BLENDED IN CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS.
>> TO COOL TOO THAT HELP YOUR QUEST FOR THE QUINTESSENTIAL COFFEE.
A SCIENTIST CREATED THE PERFECT SHAPE FOR A PERFECT BREW.
IT WAS CREATED IN 1960’S IN CHICOPEE, MASSACHUSETTS.
>> PETER RUMBLES DEDHAM SQUARE -- REYNOLDS IS THE PIED PIPER OF.
HIS WORK DRAWS FANS OF ALL AGES TO VISIT HIS BLUE BUNNY BOOKSTORE AND CAFE.
>> WE HAVE PEOPLE COMING FROM ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AROUND THE WORLD.
I AM EXCITED TO HELP BRING PEOPLE TO DEDHAM SQUARE AND DISCOVER HOW COOL IT IS.
THE BLUE BUNNY BUILDING WILL ADD A NEW RESTAURANT.
HORSE THIEVES TAVERN, INSPIRED BY A LOCAL ORGANIZATION FORMED BOARD THAN 200 YEARS AGO, A SOCIETY IN DEDHAM FOR APPREHENDING HORSE THIEVES, A NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM FOR
THE 19TH CENTURY.
>> IN 1810, THERE WERE HORSES MISSING DEDHAM, SO LOCAL TOWNSFOLK GOT TOGETHER AT THE TAVERN AND THUS WAS BORN THE SOCIETY FOR THE APPREHENDING OF HORSE THIEVES.
THE CLUB STILL EXISTS TODAY, AND I AM A MEMBER.
I EVEN HAVE MY BATCH I WALK AROUND WITH THEM A SO IF YOU HAVE A HORSE, I AM HERE TO PROTECT IT.
♪ >> HORSE THIEVES TAVERN IS ONE OF THREE NEW RESTAURANTS SLATED TO OPEN IN DEDHAM SQUAR IN 2018.
JOINING MEXICAN EATERY EL CENTRO AND THE THIRD LOCATION OF THE POPULAR BLUE RIBBON BARBECUE.
UNIQUE FEATURES IN THIS BLUE RIBBON INCLUDE CONVERTED CHURCH PEWS THAT SERVE AS SEATING FOR THOSE INCLINED TO WORSHIP AT THE ALTA OF COLD PORK PERFECTION.
IN JULY, WHAT USED TO BE A VACANT CONVENIENCE STORE BECAME AN OSCARS GAST PUB MANAGED BY MICHAEL.
>> I WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY WELCOME LIKE THEY’RE COMING INTO MY SITTING ROOM AND WE WILL SHARE STORIES AND WHAT IS GOING ON, AND TV’S ARE ON, BUT IT IS NEVER VOLUME.
IT IS ALL ABOUT CONVERSATION.
>> MUCH LIKE THEIR NEIGHBORS, OSCARS LIKES WHAT IS LOCAL, AND TYPICALLY THERE CAP’S ARE DEVOTED TO BEERS FROM MASSACHUSETTS OR NEW ENGLAND BREWERIES.
>> WE SHOW ON IT THE PRICE AND THEN WE PUT THE MILEAGE TO EACH BREWERY FROM HERE.
IT IS AMAZING HOW MANY PEOPLE GO, REALLY?
THAT IS ONLY FOUR MILES FROM HERE?
YEAH.
>> I THINK DEDHAM SQUARE CONTINUES TO BE AN UNDISCOVERED GEM.
A LOT OF PEOPLE TELL ME THEY DRIVE BY AND DON’T REALIZE THAT DEDHAM SQUARE IS HERE.
♪ SHAYNA: DEDHAM SQUARE REALLY HAS STUFF GOING ON ALL YEAR LONG.
THIS WEEKEND IS THE 25TH ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT.
ANTHONY: COMING UP IN APRIL, THE JAMES JOYCE RAMBLE, A 10K RACE THROUGH THE SQUARE TRIES -- TWICE.
THEY HAVE A MUSIC JAM AND A FARMERS MARKET FROM JUNE TO OCTOBER.
IT IS THE 35TH YEAR FOR THE JAMES JOYCE RAMBLE.
SHAYNA NEXT, WE GO NORTH TO A TOWN.
WINCHESTER HAS BEEN DISCOVERED.
>> WHAT WE DISCOVERED WHE