Ghost of Midnight

#BTV #VT’s Five Sisters = a top neighborhood?

Good magazine included Burlington’s Five Sisters on its list of five “of the nation’s (in)famous neighborhoods” (Spring 2010, p. 43).  It’s a bit silly… the breakdown…

Five Sisters, Burlington, Vermont

• AKA: South End
• Archetypal architecture: Cap Cods, foursquares, stone bungalows, lots of porches
• Preferred community event: appreciating nature
• Claim to fame: beards, color-changing leaves
• Notable residents: Ted Bundy, Howard Dean (or, the Five Sisters environs)
• Kindred spirit: Whitaker, Eugene, Oregon; all of Boulder, Colorado

Also, in “What’s in a Name?” on page 48…

Named because the five main streets in the area — Catherine, Caroline, Margaret, Charlotte, and Marian — were named for the daughters of the developer.

Not true, if I recall from past Front Porch Forum postings.  But fun, nonetheless.