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Northshore October 2025
The letters over the front doors of the imposing brick building on Sohier Road in Beverly spell out “Briscoe Middle School,” but it has been more than seven years since students last walked the halls. Today, the former place of learning has been transformed into a housing complex where low-income elders—some of whom once attended the school—and local artists live, create, and build community. “It’s a pretty awesome reuse,” says Andrew DeFranza, executive director of Harborlight Homes, a Beverly-based affordable housing nonprofit that is a partner in the site. The reimagined property, now known as the Beverly Village fo
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