83 Commercial Street

Wharf Players Theater. Theater was taken so very seriously in Provincetown in the early 20th century that schisms arose. The Continue reading →

97 Commercial Street

Union Wharf warehouse. Until 1998, what’s now the front yard of 97 Commercial Street was occupied by a historical but Continue reading →

97 Commercial Street

Moai. Under the pier at 97 Commercial Street are a couple of small moai figures, two to three feet tall, Continue reading →

Union Wharf

99-101 Commercial Street. A century before Manhattan skyscrapers broke the 1,000-foot mark, Union Wharf was constructed at that length in Continue reading →

99-101 Commercial Street

Union Wharf marine railway. The most curious structure in the Union Wharf ensemble was the pier shed with the enormous Continue reading →

99-101 Commercial Street

Furtado’s Boatyard. That Manuel “Ti Manuel” Furtado (1879-1945) was the father of the 20th-century boatbuilding business in Provincetown is beyond Continue reading →

Furtado’s Wharf

99-101 Commercial Street. Manuel “Ti Manuel” Furtado (1879-1945), who opened his boatyard at 99-101 Commercial Street upon acquiring the property, Continue reading →

99-101 Commercial Street

  Albatross II pilot house | Nathaniel Hopkins Condominium at Union Wharf (Unit 3). The amazing double-deck cabin at the Continue reading →