Day: September 25, 2026

Monoliths before the reveal. And after! Photos of city signs & municipal directories. Wayfinding design in #GloucesterMA, #IpswichMA, #RockportMA

Posted on by Catherine

Update: Scroll down to see AFTER!

Photos 2026 various days/months

The random conspicuous yet unused digital display signs by St. Peters were removed.

AFTER photos: Sept. 25, 2026

The new city wayfinding signs express a little bit of the original Gloucester Harbor Walk design (Cambridge Seven Assoc.), which gave a nod in part to famous subway maps/color legibility. Not sure how/where the eventual site design may land for the current iterations. If the “subway” stop signs were integrated and situated next to parking meters and a HarborWalk marker — and mindful of not blocking sitelines– it might help.

The original Gloucester Harbor Walk design

iconic chris beck London map 1930s

Long Beach photos before the storm. Surfers, plumes and popples.

Posted on by Catherine

High tides: Thursday 10 AM. Friday 11AM (white foam has reached the wall). Saturday noon. Sunday 1PM.

photos: Sept. 24, 2026. Storm prep bustle was light because so many had cleared out ahead of Labor day. The footbridge to Cape Hedge is removed. The seawall stairs have not been removed for the season.

photos: Sept. 25, 2026. Surfers out.

video: Sept. 25

Katherine Downey Miller art exhibit opens tomorrow to kick off the artist installed exhibition season 2026 at Jane Deering Gallery. Halibut Point one source for Waterborne show

Posted on by Catherine

Shared with GMG:

“Opening at Jane Deering Gallery is Katherine Downey Miller | Waterborne on Saturday September 26th with a reception from 3-5pm.  For Katherine Downey Miller, a renowned New England artist known for her work that moves between landscape and abstraction, this exhibition is a homecoming. It was at Halibut Point, less than five miles from the gallery’s door, that she first absorbed the raw energy of the Atlantic as a child; and it is that coastline—its beauty, its violence, its vast unknowability—that she has spent a career translating into paint. The exhibition brings together works on canvas and paper in oil and acrylic, tracing the arc of a practice rooted in landscape and drawn, inevitably, toward the sea.

Gallery hours:  Fri & Sat 1-5pm; Sun 1-4pm; and by appointment at 781-405-5050.

images:

  1. Jacob’s Pond 2025 . Oil on canvas . 36” x 48”
  2. Lake 2024 . Acrylic on canvas . 72x72inches
  3. The Falls 2 2026 . Acrylic on Yupo paper on board . 12″ x 9″

Concert is on!

Posted on by Catherine

Storm update and reminder from Heidi Dallin about the Cape Ann Symphony momentous opener for their diamond anniversary season–75 years!!

Read all about it in the press release

Cape Ann Symphony Season 75 kickoffDownload

Surfside Subs FRIDAY 9/25 SPECIALS! 🦞🍕

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Kick off the weekend with some Surfside favorites!

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Perfect excuse to skip cooking tonight and start your Friday with lobster rolls & pizza! 🙌

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Pizza specials cannot be combined

Pink House Marker in Newbury

Posted on by Pat D

The iconic Pink House in Newbury was demolished about 18 months ago and I miss seeing it when we drive up there. I was glad to see this marker honoring its memory.