Gloucester Crossing | Halyard apartments and new YMCA progress July 2020 #GloucesterMA

See more from March 2020 here

 

July 2020 (apartments will have view of historic Net & Twine)

 

March progress at Gloucester Crossing and great view of Strong Group historic Net & Twine building

March 2020

Great view back to 1884 historic Gloucester Net & Twine factory and big chimney_ since 1932 Strong Group leather and other ancillary businesses_maplewood Avenue_Gloucester Mass_20200303_c ryan

Sweeping drop view across construction sites to Gloucester Net & Twine building, Strong Group

About the future Glen T. Macleod Center Cape Ann YMCA (opening fall 2020) here

 

About Gloucester Net & Twine building –

Besides the leather factory (founded in 1932), Strong Group businesses on site for three generations of the Cutter family include advertising and product and promotional projects. Prior to the leather business, the historic factory was built and incorporated in 1884. Gloucester Net & Twine quickly ramped up as a major ancillary supplier for the fishing industry. It’s one of the largest oldest factories still standing and was placed on the National Historic Registry in 1996. Eight volumes of historic plan books for Gloucester Net & Twine Company are in the collection of Phillips Library, Peabody Essex Museum. 

Gloucester Net & Twine Company is included in the National Park Service maritime history trail in MA. Gloucester is one of the cities with the most sites–only Boston has more. Besides this historic factory building, other Gloucester sites on the maritime trail include: Our Lady of Good  Voyage, East Gloucester Square Historic District, Man at the Wheel, Schooner Adventure, Ten Pound Light,  Eastern Point Light Station, and Annisquam Harbor Light Station. – C. Ryan, July 2016

Fuller School demolition progress #GloucesterMA

April 2017

April 2017- looking across field Fuller School to windmill_20170414_©c ryan

April 2019

 

November 2019

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Fuller School demo #GloucesterMA

April 2017

April 2017- looking across field Fuller School to windmill_20170414_©c ryan

April 2019

 

November 2019

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YMCA underway – clearing and construction staging at former Fuller School campus

April 2019

charging up dirt_Fuller School property clearing for YMCA and housing_20190417_© catherine ryan

 

GloucesterCast 131 With Melissa Cox, Rick Doucette and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA

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GloucesterCast 131 With Melissa Cox, Rick Doucette and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA

Topics Include : 28th Annual Pride Stride, If you are a non-profit you are crazy not to participate in Pride Stride, Melissa explains how the City Budget process works and encourages citizens to get involved by showing up at meetings, parking lots and I4C2, The YMCA and Fuller School, Rick’s pitch for why the YMCA works at Fuller, Joey asks Melissa for Fiscal Year 2014 Gloucester Wind Turbine Data and she comes through with the data for GMG- 8,552,147 kWh produced, National Grid Net Metering Credit Payments $1,384,538. , Looking Back at The Windmill Poll Projections from October 14, 2012- Mayor Kirk Says City Will Conservatively Save $450,000 Per Year In Energy Costs, Bikini Speedo Dodgeball This Sunday Noon at Camp Spindrift, Please Take Cabs or Sign Up For UBER and get A  free UBER ride to the event by signing up with free ride coupon code CAPEANN Here- https://get.uber.com/go/capeann ,YMCA Rockathon, YMCA Clean Team.

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GloucesterCast 127 With Mike Costello, Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro #GloucesterMA

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GloucesterCast 127 With Guests Mike Costello, Kim Smith, Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro

Topics Include: Shoutout To Earl and Arch for Our Intro Music, Lil Earls, Mike Costello, Kim Smith, Toby Pett, Gilligan, The Atlantics, Mike Costello’s Historic Retirement Party Speech When He Went Ballistic, Bruce Tobey, Waterfront Owners Harbor Planning Group, I4C2, Ramada Inn Project, Jeffrey Cohen, Fuller School, Cape Ann Symphony, Sam Park, Windover, Schooner Festival, Clam Festival, Waterfront Fest, Sidewalk Bazaar, Blackburn Industrial Park, Gortons, Regionalizing the Chamber of Commerce, Mike’s Perspective Of The Chamber Since His Retirement, Joey’s Perspective On the Importance Of The Chamber, Tax Classification, Snow Removal Downtown, Free Parking Tolls Downtown, Downtown Employees Taking Up Downtown Parking Spots, Would The YMCA Be A Great Spot For A Parking Garage?, New Downtown Group Doing Great Job Promoting Themselves, Toodeloos, TBT Post, Pop Gallery, Premier Imprints, Harbor Goods, Where Do You Stand On The Windmills?, Cell Phone Tower In West Gloucester, Solar Incentives, Caciattore’s To Open Doors Saturday at 4 PM Please Show Them Your Support!

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Special Herb Pomeroy Tribute @ Fuller on Friday 8pm

Herb Pomeroy’s Big Band ~ To Herb With Love
Friday, May 18 ~ 8:00pm @ Fuller School Auditorium
Sponsored by
gimmeLIVE Summer Concert Series
and  BankGloucester

Come see the people who performed with Herb Pomeroy at a special tribute concert to one of Gloucester’s most famous jazz men and one of Berklee’s most legendary faculty members.

The rhythm section (bass and drums) from this video will be there. You should be too. Doors open at 7pm.  Full band includes:

» Phil Wilson – trombone
» Jack Stout – trumpet
» Tom Ferrente – Clarinet & Sax
» Ray Santese – piano
» John Rapuchie- Bass
» Arti Cabal – Drums

Tickets are $20 ($10 for 12 and under) available at Liquor Locker, Gloucester Music or call Dan Leahy at 978-876-1953.

Proceeds benefit the Berklee/Gloucester Scholarship Fund.  More info on that here.

Don’t forget all the great FREE music tonight.  Click here for the full lineup.

Cape Ann Symphony plant sale planned for May 16

MorningPhoto by Sharon Lowe

The Cape Ann Symphony’s Spring Plant Sale is set for Saturday, May 16 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fuller School, Blackburn Circle, Route 128, Gloucester.

During the sale, special guests will share their gardening expertise and give tips on beautifying your garden with free lectures and demonstrations. Flower photographs and photo note cards by Sharon Lowe and Lynne Khambaty will also be on sale. All proceeds from the sale will benefit the Cape Ann Symphony.

A wide variety of plants in many sizes will be available including geraniums, hydrangeas, mandevilla, impatiens, dahlias and alyssum in large pots, small pots and in hanging baskets as well as tomatoes, basil and parsley for a vegetable and herb garden. All are locally grown.

At 10 a.m., John Feener, Gloucester’s Tree Warden, will give a talk and demonstration in the Fuller Auditorium lobby about “How to Prune Your Shrubs.” At 11 a.m., Marthe Aimee will talk on “The Language of Color in Your Garden.”

The school is handicapped accessible. For more information, call the Cape Ann Symphony at 978-281-0543.