A city of many incarnations, Portsmouth. From Indian village and wild bank of strawberries, to simple tudor dwellings, brick colonial dwellings, and a bustling 19th century seaport with a colorful red light district. Over the centuries a home to all manners of business, from the noble endeavor to that of the pirate or worse. Rich layers of history lie here, hidden in the built-upon earth or preserved for all to see. The Piscataqua river embraces its shore, with its watery, undulating depths. Portsmouth is the city of the epicurean, the artist, the entrepreneur, and the antiquarian. It is quaint, colonial cosmopolitan mingled with the residential, the industrial, and the wharf. Quaint shops, the odd church and new polished buildings have reign of its landscape, its salt air potent and decidedly marine. An old church bell clangs sweetly among the myriad sounds of traffic and distant machinery, the clicks of peoples heels upon the sidewalks and laughter. Portsmouth’s message is that of its expression: it is a place where the vibrant and industrious thrive! A small city that (almost) never sleeps on the coast of New Hampshire, ideal for lovers and tourists.
Portsmouth, NH
