Manchester / Robert B. Perreault ; foreword by Gary Samson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perreault, Robert B., 1951- author.

Contributor:

Samson, Gary, writer of foreword.

Series:

Images of modern America.

Images of modern America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--New Hampshire--Manchester--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Manchester (N.H.)--History--Pictorial works.

Manchester (N.H.).

Manchester (N.H.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (95 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, [2017]

Summary:

Known as New Hampshire's "Queen City, " Manchester could be called "Change City." Throughout its history, it has reinvented itself many times. From a Native American fishing and gathering place called Amoskeag to a Yankee colonial town known as Derryfield, it became a multiethnic industrial center, the "Manchester of America, " home of the world-famous Amoskeag Manufacturing Company (1831-1936). When Amoskeag Manufacturing closed during the Depression, "the city that would not die" was reborn through more diversified industries that carried it through the post-World War II era. Several decades of urban renewal saw the demolition of many older buildings and entire neighborhoods. Lamenting the loss of Boston & Maine Railroad's Union Station and St. Mary's Bank's marble building, Manchester residents drew inspiration from the US bicentennial in 1976 to create a renaissance of interest in history and architecture, which brought about the adaptation to modern use of several remaining older structures. Yet more major losses came in 1978 and 1989 with the destruction of the State Theatre and Manchester's beloved Notre Dame Bridge.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439663219

1439663211