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There have been changes in the downtown area of Salem in the twentieth century, especially when big retail shops | There have been changes in the downtown area of Salem in the twentieth century, especially when big retail shops | ||
like Almy's and Sears and Roebuck, moved out when the North Shore Shopping Center [[ | like Almy's and Sears and Roebuck, moved out when the North Shore Shopping Center, or the [[Northshore Mall]] on Route 128 in Peabody opened in 1958. | ||
It took another 20 years to build up the tourism industry including places like Pickering Wharf and to see more museums | It took another 20 years to build up the tourism industry including places like Pickering Wharf and to see more museums | ||
Latest revision as of 08:50, 16 August 2024
There have been changes in the downtown area of Salem in the twentieth century, especially when big retail shops
like Almy's and Sears and Roebuck, moved out when the North Shore Shopping Center, or the Northshore Mall on Route 128 in Peabody opened in 1958.
It took another 20 years to build up the tourism industry including places like Pickering Wharf and to see more museums
around the Witch Trial Hysteria open.
See Also
Vertical File in Salem Collection - Downtown Salem
"Now and Then; A decade-by-decade account of how the city has changed over the past 100 years" Salem Evening News, J. McAllister, Jan. 5, 2000, p. A2 Essex County Chronicles
"The days before the mall: Operation Uplift increased sales for local merchants" Salem Evening News Dec. 6, 2000, p. A2, (J. McAllister) Essex County Chronicles
"1980's marked transition between new and old Salem" Salem News, June 27, 2011, p.4 (J. McAllister) Essex County Chronicles
"Plenty of changes in Salem over last quarter-century" Salem News, Sept. 19, 2011, p. 4 (J. McAllister) Essex County Chronicles
