Downtown delight: Shoppers swarm to Lawrence on first weekend of April
Charlie Newsome, 4, of Lawrence, laughs at his balloon alligator from Balloonman Bill Wachspress on Massachusetts Street.
Jane Lee, a Kansas University junior from Olathe, shops for books at The Dusty Bookshelf, 708 Mass. The Dusty Bookshelf is one of many bookstores in downtown.
Shoppers crowd the sidewalks on Massachusetts Street on the first weekend of April.
Steve Wagner and his son, Jackson, 6, both of Manhattan, walk down Massachusetts Street as Jackson swipes at a downtown store's awnings.
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