Yankee Homecoming at Newburyport Public Library: Urban Renewal

Please join us Monday, July 30th at 7pm at the Newburyport Public Library as we take part in the Yankee Homecoming festivities with a presentation on "Urban Renewal: Demolition or Reconstruction" from local historian Ghlee E. Woodworth. 

Like many communities in the early 1960s, Newburyport was at an economic crossroads. Factories closed, storefronts were boarded up, and the new wave of shopping malls swept through the country. Only one official signature away, urban renewal threatened to demolish our historic downtown and replace it with a modern shopping center.

Ghlee Woodworth will take you through a visual journey to learn how the community and its citizens came together to save the charm and character of the historic downtown.