Monthly Archives: April 2011

One trail that is often overlooked in Newburyport is the Eliza Little Walking Trail. When it comes to length compared to other trails, it’s a short distance and yet, it has such an affect on a lone hiker. My favorite … Continue reading →

Dr. Robert Wilkins is given tremendous credit in being the leader for the restoration of Newburyport.    That alone would secure his fame, but I think the greatest thing he did was invite an old Newburyporter, William G. Perry to offer … Continue reading →

You want to get P. Preservationist turned into Peeved Preservationist?     I see all these people blathering on about how ‘pretty’ Newburyport is but no one understands how it became so pretty.     What incenses me is nobody asks the What or … Continue reading →

It can’t be 100% ‘proven’, but it is thought that the garden and landscaping that is behind this house could possibly have been a heavy influence for Williamsburg, Virginia’s garden designs. We know that Arthur Shurcliff, landscape designer for the … Continue reading →

Well, now I am finally understanding the genius behind the purchasing of the city’s lights. The colonial-style lampposts* are owned by the City.     Of these, over thirty are off because of one reason or another, two don’t even have tops … Continue reading →

I’m down in the New York/New Jersey area. While driving through New Jersey I got thinking. In spite of the first impression most visitors have of New Jersey coming over on the turnpike; it truly is the Garden State. But … Continue reading →

Enemies of historic preservation often like to paint the whole process of preservation as some giant freeze.     Like a rigid, lifeless crystal; an entire community is literally frozen in time without movement, without emotion and without any hope of progress. … Continue reading →

There are 19 homes on High Street that are not ‘historic’. But of course, this is where the error lies – historic is a sliding scale.     If the Historical Commission simply uses the National Register listing as labeled, they will … Continue reading →

Turns out that there are a lot more trails in the City than one would initially expect.      One of the most interesting are the Fisherman’s trails that are located around the Artichoke Reservoir.         Used obviously to locate the very best … Continue reading →