Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
P0045_405_191 |
Collection |
North End Neighborhood Collection |
Title |
Looking at the New I-95 Bridge Construction |
Date |
June 1971 |
Year Range from |
1965 |
Year Range to |
1973 |
Description |
Looking at the construction of the new Interstate 95 Bridge (the Piscataqua Bridge), the construction of Market Street Extension and the Port Authority on Noble's Island, and a parking lot, the current site of the Isles of Shoals Steamship Company, Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. Image is taken from the rooftop of the Italian Social Club at 250-252 Market at the corner of Russell and Market streets in the North End. Today, this is the site of the Sheraton Hotel, built in the 1980s. This is one of 327 images attributed to Thomas Minichiello who documented the destruction of the North End from c. 1968-1972. The neighborhood was demolished as part of the Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project, c. 1968. |
Photographer |
Minichiello, Thomas Jr., 1948-2007 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Print size |
3.5" x 3.5" |
Search Terms |
North End (Portsmouth, NH) North End Neighborhood (P0045) Vaughan Street Urban Renewal Project Market Street Sheraton Hotel Italian Club (Portsmouth) Sarah Mildred Long Bridge Isles of Shoals Steamship Company Noble's Island Interstate 95 Bridge Interstate 95 |
Subjects |
Demolition Urban renewal Views Roofs Piscataqua River (Me. and N.H.) Piers & wharves Parking lots |