The Acushnet Avenue commercial corridor and greater North End New Bedford neighborhood is a wonderful mix of residences, small businesses, beloved eateries and municipal amenities. It’s also where you’ll find a concentration of public benefit social services that embrace the diversity of this area of the city. This new Community Resource Map brings those resources […]
It’s unclear where this crowd is making merry, but it is clear who took and developed the photo. * ROUSSELLE PORTRAIT STUDIO was located at 2174 Acushnet Avenue, in the Cobb Building. The studio was just one of the very many enterprises surrounding The Ave owned by members of New Bedford’s French Canadian community. (Pictured […]
Addressing The Ave // By Steven Froias This entry in the Addressing Acushnet Avenue series is something of an anomaly. Rather than uncovering some glorious forgotten past, 1541 Acushnet Avenue was most recently…an empty lot. However, today it’s the Phillips Avenue Pocket Park. And also something else. A scapegoat. A scapegoat for some who seek […]
By Steven Froias Contributing Writer With its stopped clock and unrolling metal accent sign, it’s an intriguing bit of retail ruin porn on Acushnet Avenue. But the back story and history of the address – 1494 – which now bears the sign “Casanova Gift Shop” reveals much more about a time period on The Ave. […]
By Steven Froias Contributing Writer It’s popularly known as the “Bay State TV” building on Acushnet Avenue. It’s a large mixed use retail and residential building that looms over the streetscape between Phillips Avenue and Collette Street. Ghost signage on the building to this day advertises the fact that we once snatched television from the […]
What’s popularly known as the Bay State TV building looms large over The Ave – in memory and today on the streetscape. Indeed, signage from the former electronics store still adorns the side of the mixed-use retail and residential structure. Of course, it’s well-known as being the home of Bay State TV – back when […]
A new interactive project that’s part of the Urban Agenda Initiative developed by the Community Economic Development Center (CEDC). Addressing Acushnet Ave will be a participatory online project and a place-making project along North End’s commercial corridor. The project will spotlight 10 addresses along The Ave – a mix of vacant storefronts and open small […]
The New Bedford Health Department has issued fines to six New Bedford-based restaurants and bars for failure to comply with the City’s COVID-19 regulations and protections for residents. Hong Kong Restaurant at 2899 Acushnet Avenue, Mikey B’s Restaurant at 989 Victoria Street, Taqueria La Raza at 1408 Acushnet Avenue, Whiskey Lounge at 1669 Acushnet Avenue, […]
In case you missed it, Love The Ave shared the news recently that dining parklets are coming to the City of New Bedford – both downtown and on The Ave. You can read that story here. Following up, the City of New Bedford’s Department of City Planning writes today that it “was recently awarded a […]
New Bedford, Massachusetts – New Bedford Election Commission reminds voters that the statewide deadline for absentee ballots in the state primary election is Wednesday, August 26. Ballots must be received by the Election Commission office by Election Day, Tuesday, September 1, either by mail or drop-off at the Election Commission office at City Hall, […]
