Northeast Arc CEO Jo Ann Simons takes a swing at a wall to start construction of the Black Box Theater in Peabody.
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Peabody City Councilor-at-Large Tom Gould thanks the crowd for turning out at the wallbreaking of the Black Box Theater in Peabody.
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A crowd gathers for the wallbreaking of the Black Box Theater in Peabody.
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Jonathan Berk of Patronicity, a crowd-funding site that helped raise funds for the Black Box Theater in Peabody, takes a swing during the wallbreaking for the prohect on Thursday.
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Peabody Mayor Edward A. Bettencourt Jr. takes the first swing into the wall to start construction on the Black Box Theater.
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"X" marks the spot where the wallbreaking for the Black Box Theater took place at Northeast Arc in Peabody on Thursday.
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Hard hats are ready for the wallbreaking of the Black Box Theater at Northeast Arc in Peabody on Thursday.
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Northeast Arc hosted the wallbreaking for the Black Box Theater project on Thursday.
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The aftermath of the wallbreaking for the Black Box Theatre in Peabody.
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PEABODY — The Northeast Arc is used to breaking down walls in a metaphoric sense. But on Thursday morning, the North Shore nonprofit was literally knocking down walls with sledgehammers…