119 Commercial Street

Few narratives, fiction or nonfiction, convey as warm and intimate a sense of Provincetown as Frank X. Gaspar‘s beguiling novel, Continue reading →

139 Commercial Street

Studio | 139½ Commercial Street. An intriguingly short-lived structure turns up in a perusal of the Sanborn insurance maps that Continue reading →

149A Commercial Street

Sandbar Village Condominium (Units A1 and A2). The compound of three buildings behind the Thai Lounge Bistro & Monkey Bar Continue reading →

149A Commercial Street

Sandbar Village Condominium (Units B1 and B2). Judy Holliday! For her scintillating performance in Born Yesterday, the young star bested Continue reading →

149A Commercial Street

Sandbar Village Condominium (Units C1 to C3). Even when the rest of the waterfront complex behind the Thai Lounge Bistro Continue reading →

150 Commercial Street

Home at Last. Two giants of Provincetown life, each emblematic of the era in which he lived, shared this full Continue reading →

153 Commercial Street

Manuel Silva’s studio. The former out building at 153 Commercial Street was labeled “Paint’g” in an 1889 street atlas — Continue reading →

157 Commercial Street

Martin House. It’s one of Provincetown’s greatest secrets hiding in plain sight. A three-quarter Cape — at least 200 years Continue reading →