Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the story Gilbert.
We have a lot of fading towns in Massachusetts too, especially those
which were the home of just one factory.
Jim
J. Gilbert Plantinga wrote:
> Yes, primarily the advent of affordable air travel. But there's more.
> Up the side street ("Short Ave.") on the right of the frame one block
> is a traffic light on the "new" Route 17, called the "Quickway," which
> is a divided expressway built in the '60s. The Quickway is scheduled to
> become Interstate 86 in the next few years, which means that the
> traffic light will have to be removed, and the pizza joint and gas
> station/convenience store at that corner, which are the only viable
> businesses in Parksville, will also disappear, no doubt. While I was
> making the picture, the owner of Big Willie's barbecue restaurant on
> the left in the picture came out to ask me what I was up to. He'd
> bought his business about three years ago and was losing his shirt.
> There's been talk of trying to rescue the region's economy by bringing
> in Indian-owned gambling casinos -- it's a hot topic.
>
> Gilbert
>
> On Oct 13, 2007, at 1:26 PM, Jim Hemenway wrote:
>
>> A look at the map shows no nearby interstate, so did the migration of
>> said to New Yorkers to other, more distant tourist spots kill the town?