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Commune transformed into affluent Roxbury congregation
Suzanne Wetlaufer profiles the 1960s Boston commune founded by Mel Lyman. Now 72 adults and 39 children, they live in renovated homes and travel between Boston New York Los Angeles a Kansas farm and Martha’s Vineyard while maintaining a time warp ethos. They publish U and I and insist they are not seeking new members.
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Boston
Roxbury
Fort Avenue
Thomas Hart Benton
New York
Los Angeles
Kansas
Martha’s Vineyard
Woodie Guthrie
George Peper
Connecticut
Ms. Lyman
U and I