Looking up, Con could see cleaner spots, places in the elaborate fretwork below the tracks where children had held on as they climbed.

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He pointed to three pillars with fretwork and arches intact between them, in the middle of a block off Winthrop Street, in a parking lot.

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Sunlight coming through the fretwork made patterns on the ground.

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Over the years, she has maintained many details that she believes were original to the house, from the marble bathroom sinks and stained-glass windows to the large pocket doors and carved wooden fretwork.

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