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World Atlas Praises New Bedford’s “Beautiful Architecture”
When you look good, you feel good, and it’s nice when someone notices and offers a compliment. New Bedford, take a bow. Your “beautiful architecture” has been acknowledged.
World Atlas Highlights New Bedford’s Architecture
“Massachusetts wears its history on every storefront, steeple, and weathered shingle,” says World Atlas. Heading to Massachusetts? “Pack a camera,” advises World Atlas, adding, “Wear comfortable shoes, and prepare to crane your neck a lot, because in Massachusetts, the buildings have stories they are not shy to tell.”
New Bedford is one of nine Massachusetts communities highlighted in a recent World Atlas piece.
A City Shaped by Whaling History
In telling its readers about the importance of New Bedford as a once “major center of the global whaling industry,” the piece reminds us that “New Bedford remains one of the most important fishing ports in the United States.”
Herman Melville shipped out from here on a whaling voyage in 1841, and the city’s maritime streets and landmarks ended up shaping the New Bedford scenes in Moby-Dick. Melville’s Moby-Dick is read aloud each January by members of the community in the Moby Dick Marathon.
Why Locals Sometimes Take It for Granted
Sometimes we take what we have for granted, not fully appreciating its worth to others. It’s home. Of course it’s beautiful. Beyond the beauty of our waterfront community is its rich history, not lost on the folks at World Atlas.
“That long history is still etched into the cobblestone streets, gas lamps, and brick buildings, all of which wear their years without apology,” says World Atlas.
Landmarks That Define New Bedford’s Beauty
The publication advises potential visitors to “dig into the city’s past” by visiting the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. It draws attention to a North End landmark, the St. Anthony of Padua Church on Acushnet Avenue.
World Atlas says the church is “one of the most beautiful buildings in the city, and a strong contender for the prettiest in the state.”
Just a word of advice. New Bedford is a nice place to visit, but not a place to relocate to.
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Gallery Credit: Barry Richard
Buildings Featured in the New Bedford Pathways Historical Walking Tours
Gallery Credit: Tim Weisberg
Peek Inside New Bedford’s Historic Rodman Mansion
This 1833 granite mansion on County Street was designed by architect Russell Warren in the Greek Revival style. It now houses office condo spaces, but some of its former glory is still visible!
Gallery Credit: Kate Robinson