Haverhill, Massachusetts is a city of 58,000 and is the third city of the Merrimack Valley, after Lowell and Lawrence. It's pronounced HAY-vr-ull. The city was a major shoe manufacturer for 150 years, up until the depression. In my last thread I said Lawrence was the sight of the first Macy's department store. It was Haverhill. That's what happens when you read about two cities at once. Don't believe a word I say.
Downtown Haverhill was a unique combination of 8-story buildings and open-air horizontal grade-level car storage facilities.
Wingate St.
blue, red, green
It was hard to get a satisfying photo of these buildings, hence the repetition.
Before & after
Essex St.
From the train platform. I assume it's a commuter line to Boston.
You gotta wonder what used to fill these parking lots. One could only assume buildings of the same massing and quality. This must've been quite the downtown.
The Merrimack River
Washington Street, the main drag. It was a pretty nice downtown, and it seems like that is a fairly recent development. The residential neighborhoods immediately outside downtown were pretty ratty.
From Washington Square
This one had been turned into condos and seemed to be occupied.
Locke Street was a big construction zone.
Duncan St.
Locke Street again
Renovations are afoot in Haverhill, Mass.
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