Seaman’s Bethel Chapel, most famous building in New Bedford, harking to Moby-Dick. First picture below is Whaling Museum’s Bourne Building from the chapel lawn. (Photos by David Brussat)
New Bedford’s Whaling National Historical Park, the preserved area of downtown that reflects the city’s famous industry, long gone and, some will say, thankfully so, is lovely nevertheless. Billy and I walked around a bit, visited the Whaling Museum (see next post), and the drove a winding route back to I-195. The following collection of shots is hardly an exhaustive portrait of the historic district but I hope you will enjoy the flavor.
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Beautiful area. Where are the people?
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O, ye of little faith! I counted eight people in those 24 photographs, and that doesn’t count those I saw who managed to stay out of my photographs! Well, it actually does make downtown Providence look like Times Square.
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Fair enough. For a fishing port, it makes Galilee look downright shabby.
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Just stunning photos….I’ve always been intrigued by the salmon-colored brick.
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