SOPHIE LAMB
FEATURE: The Salvaging of Wrecked Things
The 70s were the “wasteland years” of Upper State Street. In the 50s, a six-lane elevated freeway was built a few steps off the street’s east end, cutting it off from residential Fair Haven and the gentle banks of the Mill River. In the 60s, the neighborhood’s large Marlinworks firearms factory closed, moved north, and brought much of the neighborhood with it. Much of what made State Street was lost in those decades — but some have stayed, in the brick and the concrete, in the things left behind.
May 11, 2025
