Nashua Store Fronts

Nashua, NH

Sign Selfie

I need to be much more observant when I'm out on photo walks.  I few weeks ago I was walking around downtown Nashua, NH looking for various photo opportunities.  Along with some very interesting architecture and restored buildings I came across some very colorful signs like the one shown above.  At the time I didn't pay too much attention to the subject of the sign.  Only when I began to edit the photo did I think that the building pictured in the sign looked very unique and familiar to me.  Sure enough, during the same walk, I had photographed the building pictured in the sign due to the striking turret along the corner of the building.  I never connected the two until I started editing.

Nashua, NH

If I realized the connection, I would have tried to photograph the building as it appears in the sign. 

Nashua Street Scene

Nashua, NH

Clocktower Place II

Nashua, NH

Clocktower Place

Nashua, NH

This building was once the home to the Nashua Manufacturing Company, a textile manufacturing company that was founded in 1823. The company prospered throughout the 1800's and as it grew so did the city of Nashua, NH.  The company was acquired by Textron in 1945 and the mill here was closed in 1948.  Now a number of the buildings on this site have been converted into luxury apartments.  It's great to see these old buildings kept in good shape and re-purposed into other uses.  It's a shame more cities can't revive these mills like the city of Nashua has done here.  It's even great that the clock still works, and shows the correct time.

Mural

Nashua, NH

I found this interesting mural on a side street in downtown Nashua, NH.  It was really pretty colorful, and I like the depth and perspective shown in the painting.  I was impressed with the work to include the door as part of the mural.  I missed the door at first.  Sadly it appears some other "artist" left his work on the door as well.