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The festival schedule kicks off Aug. 28 with the hilarious improv duo, The Portuguese Kids, featuring Zach Brazão, at the newly owned Vault in downtown New Bedford. On Thursday, Aug. 29, 6 to 8 p ...
The New Bedford Art Museum was founded in 1996. The institution struggled to secure funding in its early years. [6] In 2021, the museum began performing extensive renovations on each of its three floors. Gallery space was doubled, accessibility features were installed, and municipal office was removed to make more space. [7]
Also included is the stone counting house (also known as the Durant Sail Loft) built by Edward Merrill, the last surviving stone waterfront structure from New Bedford's heyday as a whaling center. (It does not include the long pier built by Merrill that is now called Homer's Wharf, which no longer retains historic integrity.) [ 2 ]
In 2004 a non-profit company, O.R.P.H. (Orpheum Rising Project Helpers) Inc, announced plans to bring back the theatre and revitalize New Bedford economy. [2] [4] [5] However, the group was unable to raise the necessary funds, and the theater was placed for sale in 2012. [5] The building was sold in 2017, then placed for sale again in 2019. [6]
December 2, 2009 (2-28 Mill Rd., 2-13 Tarkiln Hill Rd. Extends into Acushnet.: 16: Hotel Waverly: Hotel Waverly: January 26, 1990 (1162-1166 Acushnet Ave. 17: Howland Mill Village Historic District
What happened to the Keystone building? Built in 1861, the Keystone building served as a furniture store from 1914 to 1981. It was demolished in 2004 after years of vacancy and disrepair.
A site near Kings Highway in northern New Bedford was announced as a potential South Coast Rail station in 2009. Originally to be on the west side of the tracks, the planned station was moved to the east side and renamed North New Bedford in 2019. A construction contract was issued in 2020; that year, the station was again renamed as Church Street.
The Union Street Railway Carbarn, Repair Shop is a historic transit maintenance facility of the Union Street Railway Company at 1959 Purchase Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Built in 1910, the carbarn was the center of the New Bedford's streetcar network, which operated from 1872 to 1947.