![Blair Holbrook skied down Cambridge Street on Friday.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_skier3_met-3693.r.jpg)
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Blair Holbrook skied down Cambridge Street on Friday.
![Snow was cleared in front of the Boston Public Library.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/161033157.r.jpg)
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Snow was cleared in front of the Boston Public Library.
![Louie Rodriguez of the New Bedford Forestry Department cut a fallen tree.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/APTOPIX%20Northeast%20Snow.JPEG-08427.r.jpg)
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Louie Rodriguez of the New Bedford Forestry Department cut a fallen tree.
![A guest at the Seaport Hotel crossed the street against the wind and snow.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Northeast%20Snow.JPEG-0f795.r.jpg)
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A guest at the Seaport Hotel crossed the street against the wind and snow.
![A father played with his child on Boston Common.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Northeast%20Snow.JPEG-058b2.r.jpg)
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A father played with his child on Boston Common.
![Snow pelted pedestrians.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/161033165.r.jpg)
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Snow pelted pedestrians.
![Two people crossed the street in near whiteout conditions.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_whiteout1_met-3694.r.jpg)
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Two people crossed the street in near whiteout conditions.
![A pedestrian made his way through driving snow with a broken umbrella in the Back Bay.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/161004825.r.jpg)
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A pedestrian made his way through driving snow with a broken umbrella in the Back Bay.
![A man took a photo of the storm on Quincy Shore Drive.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/blizard7.r.jpg)
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A man took a photo of the storm on Quincy Shore Drive.
![A man was stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Lee_stuckairport1_met-3673.r.jpg)
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A man was stranded in the International Terminal E at Logan Airport.
![People ran in Copley Square.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_blizzard_metro846-3671.r.jpg)
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People ran in Copley Square.
![The Commonwealth Avenue Mall was covered in snow.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Northeast%20Snow.JPEG-0fab3.r.jpg)
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The Commonwealth Avenue Mall was covered in snow.
![Post Office Square was eerily quiet](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_blizzard_metro1125-3666.r.jpg)
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Post Office Square was eerily quiet
![A man walked along Washington Street in Newburyport.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/09/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Boghosian_09stormmain13_MET-3667.r.jpg)
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A man walked along Washington Street in Newburyport.
![The Mass. Pike, normally a bane of commuters on Friday afternoons, was almost completely empty.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/ban3-3608.r.jpg)
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The Mass. Pike, normally a bane of commuters on Friday afternoons, was almost completely empty.
![Governor Patrick announced a state of emergency and vehicle ban for the state.](http://www.bostonglobe.com/rf/image_r/Boston/2011-2020/2013/02/08/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/patrick-podium.r.jpg)
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Governor Patrick announced a state of emergency and vehicle ban for the state.