125 Commercial Street

Cape Cod Cold Storage trolley and tramway. Fish didn’t get into the West End freezer by themselves. Instead, a remarkable Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

Coast Guard Station Provincetown boat house | Former Cape Cod Cold Storage cannery. The demolition of the old West End Continue reading →

125 Commercial Street

Cape Cod Cold Storage trap shed. The overnight demolition of historic structures isn’t a phenomenon peculiar to Provincetown’s new Gilded Continue reading →

127 Commercial Street

Provincetown Light and Power Company | E. J. Rivard Company | Atlantic Coast Fisheries Company. By 1929, the home of Continue reading →

129R Commercial Street

Taves Boatyard marine railway. Frank “Bisca” Taves (1905-1984) was the son of a couple who come here from São Miguel, Continue reading →

129R Commercial Street

Taves Boatyard workshop. Another era might have looked dismissively at this homely, utilitarian, 50-by-25-foot corrugated-metal shed with its distinctly amateur Continue reading →

129R Commercial Street

Taves Boatyard winch house. This modest little structure, pretty much invisible to anyone passing by, actually played an oversized role Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s main building. The heart of the Flyer’s Boat Shop and Flyer’s Boat Rental operations may be out on the Continue reading →