Flew The Q
Stories about people and businesses that have left the Q for one reason or another, usually something unique to Quincy that makes life or success difficult for its residents and businesses.
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A Vacant Stare
<![CDATA[ This vacant storefront next to the $tarbuck$ in Quincy Center near the MBTA station has been empty for so long that the Quincy Quarry couldn’t find anyone in Q who could remember the name of its last tenant – or if there ever was one for that matter. So what, apparently, for the fact […]
Subprime: Das Boot
<![CDATA[ One Main Financial, formerly operating at 1223 Hancock Street in Quincy Center. You know things are bad when a subprime consumer loan company closes up shop in the Q. Down periscope!]]>
Flew By Night
<![CDATA[ Signal Graphics at 1363 Hancock Street, Quincy, next to the Stop & Shop headquarters apparently disappeared in the middle of the night. So too did one of the better assortments of better as well as often Snarqy greeting cards available for sale ANYWHERE in the Q. Perhaps they ran a red light?]]>
Game Over: Irrational Closes
<![CDATA[ Who knew that Quincy – of all places – was the home of a major video game company that had rang up upwards of billion dollars – or more – in sales revenue? Well, it once was. Irrational Games and upward of 100 employees were quietly located at 1515 Hancock Street. Now, however, what’s […]
Masonic Temple to become Kochstag?
<![CDATA[ – News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News Masonic Temple to become Kochstag? Adding to the Berlin circa 1945 bombed out feel of Quincy Center of late is the current sad state of what little is left of a grand building that was once full of all manner of priceless and mostly local historical […]
Life after Quincy – A Young Family’s Exodus to Greener Pastures
– News about Quincy from Quincy Quarry News with commentary added Note: this is Part Two of a two-part story. See Part One. Recently one of the editors of this esteemed website contacted me to ask if I would write a piece on my time spent in Quincy as well as reflect on the reasons […]
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