Get ready for a deep dive into history of the Grand Dame of Rocky Neck – the Rockaway Hotel – by one of its current residents, Rich Carlson. Starting in the 1890’s as a boardinghouse, the Rockaway has been a fixture on Rocky Neck for over one hundred years. Rich will take you through those days of yesteryear from the founding of the Rockaway, to its heyday as one of the premier summer hotels of East Gloucester, to the seedy years where people in Gloucester today remember it as “the Rot-Away.” Drawing from memories of people who worked at the Rockaway bar and bolstered by a number of historical photos and illustrations, he’ll recount its founding through its many near-death experiences in the 1970’s and talk about its graceful retirement as the condominium complex it is today.
Here is a link to the Zeffy sign-up :
https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/a3082d8e-a1cd-40a7-8568-2594aecbd5f9
Good Morning Gloucester 