The Glory of Ippling by Helen M. Urban5/31/2023 ![]() ![]() They worshiped at Maronite, Melkite, and Orthodox Christian churches, which grew so crowded they had to expand, first into the South End, then into West Roxbury and beyond. Some prospered, opening stores that sold olives from giant wooden barrels, spices, and fragrant, fresh pita bread. The earliest arrivals worked as laborers, factory hands, and peddlers. “That neighborhood is a big part of my life.” “I loved it there,” said Nick Haddad, 80, whose Lebanese grandfather opened a Middle Eastern import business on Hudson Street in 1906, and who spent his childhood playing on South End streets with kids whose parents had come from everywhere. (Standing) Fouad Haddad, and (seated left to right) Elizabeth Haddad, Nicholas Haddad, George Haddad, and Freda (originally “Fareeda”) Haddad. The family lived at 77 Albany Street in the South Cove for many years. Fouad and Freda were born in Barouk, Lebanon but met and were married in the US. ![]()
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