Portwalk Place continues to rise out of the historic ground in the north end of Portsmouth, sandwiched in between Hanover Street and Deer Street. Here you can see the plywood framing of the soon-to-be Residence Inn in Phase I of the redevelopment of the old Parade Mall.
For older progress pictures, see the vacant lot HERE and the steel frame HERE.
During a rainy lunch break I decided to see if I could find a better view of the ongoing redevelopment of the former Parade Mall to see what would become known as Portwalk Place. Luckily, the exterior gate was open to allow sitework equipment access to the property. Not visible is an inviting mud pool in the foreground. Will capture progress over the coming months.
UPDATE: As construction progresses at the Portwalk site, the archaeological richness of the area is being discussed, and the risk of losing its historical value if not properly documented throughout the process of demolition/reconstruction. Interesting article at SeacoastNH.com here and another at Foster’s Daily Democrate here.
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The old Parade Mall building, a scar on Portsmouth’s landscape from the urban renewal efforts back in the 60s or 70s…is no longer. This shot captures the building in its nearly completely demolished state on June 20, 2009. As of June 30th, the building is completely gone…and will become the new Portwalk redevelopment, which is slated to beautify the northern tier of the city and better tie in the area near the Sheraton to the Vaughan Mall (and further to Congress Street). I loved the blues on the cars and the bike and the hint of it in the sky.
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Article in Foster’s here: PORTWALK
One-half of the Martingale Wharf building currently under construction (with an aptly titled photo paying homage to the section in curbed.com). Wanted to revisit this one since it has begun to bother me much more that in a city as vibrant during the summer months as Portsmouth, visitors see this symbol of real estate gone wrong, despite other continued activity in the area. Further down Bow Street, the River House restaurant has recently opened and will be featured in the near future. The Portwalk redevelopment has commenced the tear-down of the old Parade Mall, and will be built out in phases.
Original post here: Martingale Wharf Building (Almost). Also, Blue NYC has also become denimrack to match the online store of the same name.
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