the strip of hip - View this location on map  'named for the home state of lawrence's abolitionist founders, lively massachusetts street offers a stroll through the city's past and present. start at the beaux-arts liberty hall (785-749-1972), where oscar wilde lectured on decorative art in 1882 (in 'a not disagreeable sing-song,' one paper reported) and mr. burroughs received his wake in 1997. continue past backpack-hobbled students and inhale the americana of the street's venerable brick buildings, many dating to the civil war era. places worth lingering include love garden sounds (936 massachusetts street; 785-843-1551), the state's coolest record store, and the arizona trading company (734 massachusetts street; 785-749-2377), full of retro-vintage fashions. finish at the watkins community museum of history (1047 massachusetts street; 785-841-4109), where the real draw is the building itself - an 1880's romanesque mansion.'' New York Times 644 massachusetts street, Lawrence, KS Shopping, Historical, Cultural |