Flowers for Haverhill, MA

Haverhill made shoes for a century, and the bones of that trade still shape the map: the brick factory blocks along Washington Street and the Little River now hold lofts and restaurants, and the deliveries follow the people who moved back into them. Downtown orders cluster around the Washington Street district and the Acre; across the water, Bradford climbs the hill toward the college campus and the quiet streets off South Main. Between the two sits the Merrimack itself, which means a Haverhill driver plans around bridges — the Basiliere and the Comeau — as much as around traffic. Up past Kenoza Lake, Winnekenni Castle looks over the reservoir and the residential streets of Mount Washington, and out toward the New Hampshire line the addresses thin into the woods near Plaistow. Holy Family Hospital on Lincoln Avenue keeps a steady get-well rhythm through it all.

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