r/gloucester

Gang, why is it still like this? Does the owner just refuse to sell or develop it? There’s grass growing in the parking lot now. Such a shame that they’ve left this property to rot when it’s in such a prime location in the heart of Gloucester. Properties got to be worth several million dollars yet it’s just left there like that. Is it the city, the owner, something to do with the old gas tanks underneath? I feel like we’ve been waiting for a decade for them to do literally anything with this property.

Personally I’d like to see a community space here but maybe that’s wishful thinking. I feel like we’d take anything other than a rotting old gas station at this point.

What are some things you’d like to see built here?

Does anyone recognize where this is? I'm guessing Good Harbor Beach,.

My grandmother was born and raised in Gloucester, and worked as the secretary at Gloucester High. Annie was from Cape Ann, too. Pigeon Cove in Rockport. She worked at Brown's Dept store. Peg was from Arkansas, by way of Oklahoma and married my uncle "Cappy," a star baseball player at Gloucester High. Their brother Joe ran the Railroad Ave Market. We have pretty deep roots in that town. And we love it