PAUL MILLER OF THE NEWPORT PRESERVATION SOCIETY SPOKE AT IYRS ABOUT NEWPORT LOST; THE CHANGES OVER TIME TO THE CITY. THE CHANGES REALLY OCCURRED AFTER WW II. IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO RECOGNIZE TODAY WHAT HAD BEEN AND WE CAN NEVER GO BACK. MANY PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWED THE NEWPORT THAT TOURISTS COME TO SEE NOT KNOWING THAT THERE IS NOTHING LEFT.
MY OWN PHOTOGRAPHS DATE FROM THE EARLY 60’s TO EARLY 70’s. THE CHANGES ARE STILL APPARENT.
Looks like you have your scanner warmed up again. I think this is typical for most ports around the country over the last several decades. The real death knell is when a Port Authority absorbs all the land as in Erie. They grow like a Cancer. We are looking for the proper Chemo.