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Bradshaw brought new direction to NRA
Group swayed city to reject hotel, create arts center
Third time not the charm on waterfront
Second effort to develop waterfront failed
37 years later, waterfront's woes remain unresolved
Homecoming, city's revival share roots
Three mayors, one goal
A place with 'so much charm'
Sidewalk superintendents watched and worried as the buildings came down
The day the 'federal bulldozer' came to town
The hardest place to restore: East Row showed Urban Renewal's growing pains
Renovators had to make new look old
The day Bossy's Garage fell
30 years later, city's front porch is showing age
Perry's contributions to Port seen today
Famed architect gave Port hope
Meet Inn Street's pioneers
Inn St. was first renewal experiment
The roofs were rotting and the wall were bulging
Watt's Cellar keeps its secrets hidden
Famed doctor helped save Port
Port's revival hinged on a few crucial actions
40 years later, art association thrives
Custom House struggles to find its way
Page building a forerunner of transformation
Autos, malls, economy cause Port's decline
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An unwelcome glimpse of the future
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Look of downtown signs a calculated process
The NRA had the power to make virtually all downtown signs conform to the new look of Newburyport. At the NRA’s insistence, the sign at Bob’s Subs eventually came crashing down in 1976.
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Long path to Merrimac Landing
Vision for 'Parcel 8' crystallized after several failed attempts to develop lot.
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Parcel 8: Urban renewal’s only new building in downtown Newburyport
Merrimack Landing at 1 Merrimac St., opposite the Firehouse Center for the Arts, was completed in 1984, but not before three other development projects were tried and failed on what was known for many years as urban renewal Parcel 8.
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Synergy brought mayor, NRA head together
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Bradshaw brought new direction to NRA
Jack Bradshaw assumed the chairmanship of the Newburyport Redevelopment Authority, the board charged with finding a developer to revitalize a then-gasping downtown.
"While we'll be happy and willing to meet with any group regarding the selection of developers, we do have the final vote as to what will happen," Bradshaw said after being unanimously elected by his fellow members. - Group swayed city to reject hotel, create arts center
- Third time not the charm for Newburyport waterfront
- 37 years later, waterfront's woes remain unresolved
- Homecoming, city's revival share roots
- A place with 'so much charm'
- Three mayors, one goal
- Sidewalk superintendents watched and worried as the buildings came down
- The day the 'federal bulldozer' came to town
- The hardest place to restore: East Row showed Urban Renewal's growing pains
- The day Bossy's garage fell
- 30 years later, city's front porch is showing its age
- Renovators had to make new look old
- Perry's contributions to Port seen today
- Meet Inn Street's pioneers
- In twilight of his life, famed architect gave Port hope
- Inn St. was first renewal experiment
- "The roofs were rotting and the walls were bulging"
- Centuries later, Watt's Cellar keeps its secrets hidden
- Port's revival hinged on a few crucial actions
- Famed doctor helped save Port a building at a time
- 40 years later, art association expands, thrives
- Custom House struggles to find its way
- Page building a forerunner of Port's transformation
- An unwelcome glimpse of the future
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Look of downtown signs a calculated process
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