Downtown Salem

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 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