Page 4 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 Council Honors Corey Abrams with Naming of Community Garden By Adam Swift I t was an emotional meeting Monday night, as the City Council voted to unanimously name the new community garden on Broadsound Avenue the ‘The Corey Abrams Community Garden’ in Beachmont after former Ward 1 City Councillor Corey Abrams. Abrams, who served briefly on the council before stepping down for health reasons in 2010, died in May. During Monday night’s meeting, Abrams was remembered by friends, family, and city offi - cials as a kind, loving family man who loved his hometown of Revere and was always willing to lend a helping hand. “Corey Abrams was my pal, he was everyone’s pal,” said Ward open in the spring, after Abrams. COREY ABRAMS 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna, who put forward the motion to name the garden, scheduled to “That infectious laugh, his selflessness, he always gave back to the people in need and to his community, but it often went unnoticed. Corey was a true friend and I miss him every day.” Abrams grew up in the Beachmont area, and although he later moved to Reading with his wife, Kristin and fi ve children, he was still a familiar site lending a hand to political candidates in Revere or helping out those in need in the city. “It was a tragic loss for all of us, but the city of Revere does have a very steep history of honoring HONORS | SEE Page 15 CambridgeSide and Parker 3D announce world premiere of GoPixelYourself C ambridgeSide and Parker 3D have announced the world premiere of GoPixelYourself, an “instagrammable museum” creating an experience for all ages that immerses visitors in color, texture and scale. Opening on Friday, November 20, GoPixelYourself will off er a limited engagement holiday experience through January 1, 2021. The carefully curated exhibition will include rooms featuring a 747-jet ready for holiday fl ight, a virtual blizzard of snowflakes, Santa’s sleigh with live Santa visits each weekend, and other magical holiday surprises. “Having built interactive entertainment worldwide, we are proud to debut GoPixelYourself in Greater Boston,” said Parker 3D CEO John Carter. “Our holiday exhibition provides an edgy, interactive attraction sure to delight visitors of all ages,” he added. Parker 3D’s GoPixelYourself is the next generation in the selfie-museum genre and features never-before-seen enhancements, including: • 13 rooms of distinctly diff erent experiences and moods • 12,000 square feet space with 4,000 square feet of ever-changing animated digital video wall • More than nine million pixels of video entertainment • Automated cameras delivering animated movies, GIFs and selfi es to each visitor • A website link for every guest to download photos and videos of their experience Visit GoPixelYourself.com to reserve your spot. Tickets are $30 per person. “We are thrilled to introduce GoPixelYourself.com, an ‘instagrammable’ experience for all ages,” said CambridgeSide Senior Marketing Director Melissa LaVita. “Make a day of it. Do some holiday shopping, grab lunch and make unique holiday memories at GoPixelYourself. This is a limited engagement; purchase tickets today at GoPIXELYourself.com and plan your day at CambridgeSide.com.” The experience is designed with for your safety. All visitors will be in their own private groups of up to eight people with pre-reserved times. Every guest receives a non-touch fever check at entry. Additional safety procedures include hand sanitizing stations, cleaning after every group, touchless cameras and social distancing protocols.
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