129 Commercial Street

Cottage | Former Joseph Matthews fish warehouse. The real deal. Ancient. Dilapidated. Rough and tumble. Working waterfront. Overlooked. Forgotten. Doomed. 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 →

131 Commercial Street

Cottage | Former Joseph Matthews fish warehouse? In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 131 Commercial Street (then denominated Continue reading →

Sixth Town Landing

Good Templar Place. Bibulous Provincetown has a memorial to temperance in its very midst, though most modern townsfolk may not Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s Boat Rental | Flyer’s Boat Shop. Yes, Flyer’s will rent you a 24-foot Bentley pontoon boat that seats 12, 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 →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s boat rental shed. This small, gambrel-roofed structure illustrates the peril of trying to guess the age of wood-frame structures, Continue reading →

131A Commercial Street

Flyer’s marine railway. Four major marine railways were constructed in Provincetown in the modern era. Frank “Bisca” Taves (1905-1984) was Continue reading →