Our oldest daughter goes to UVM and whenever we visit we take time to stroll Church Street. I love the old architecture and they've done a good job of disguising the modernization that has taken place.

and I can hear Mel Torme and George Shearing in the background.

[Falling leaves, a sycamore. I hear Billie. - Dave]

There is so much that has remained the absolute same. It looks like the 2nd & 3rd building were torn down & replaced, but that's really about it...and in 106 years, that's something.

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Church Street is a pedestrian mall today, with many of the buildings seen in this picture still standing. In fact, while the city has its share of new buildings, the people of Burlington have done an outstanding job of preserving 19th- and early 20th-Century architecture. In many cases the older buildings have been updated and modernized without losing their historic character.
If you're a fan of older buildings, which I presume most Shorpy-ites are, you can do much worse than visiting Burlington. And if you get bored with architecture you can visit the Ben & Jerry's plant not too far away :)