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Photos: A year after the tornado

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Springfield’s Six Corners neighborhood, plagued by foreclosures before the tornado, has been slow to recover. Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff

    Photos: A year after the tornado

    Lillian Santiago and her former home. The storm ripped out a wall and blew out all the windows.
    Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff |

    Springfield’s Six Corners neighborhood, plagued by foreclosures before the tornado, has been slow to recover.
    Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff |
    Xiomara Luna moved out of this apartment because insurance would not cover the repairs to the damaged kitchen ceiling.

    Xiomara Luna moved out of this apartment because insurance would not cover the repairs to the damaged kitchen ceiling.
    Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff |
    A row of condemned houses on Spruce Street.

    A row of condemned houses on Spruce Street.
    Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff |
    A city-owned building on Hemlock Court has yet to be torn down. Neighbors report seeing children going into the house and taking bricks.

    A city-owned building on Hemlock Court has yet to be torn down. Neighbors reported seeing children going into the house and taking bricks.
    Suzanne Kreiter/Globe staff |