Northampton Blight

• Downtown building that houses WHMP and WRSI radio

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    The small brick building that houses radio stations WHMP and WRSI fronts on Hampton Avenue, just across from the Chamber of Commerce building. From there, the building looks neat and tidy. But here are a couple of shots of the side door that faces the Parking Garage and the view of [...]
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  Posted: July 16, 2008, 6:47am EDT
  by northamptonblight

• Thank you to reader Adam Cohen for the link to Grafitti Hurts.

    Thank you to Adam Cohen for this link to Grafitti Hurts (http://www.graffitihurts.org/). This website is full of good information that businesses, citizens, and officials can use to fight grafitti which is the biggest blight invading Northampton.  The following is copied from the Grafitti Hurts “about page”. Hopefully, readers of Northampton Blight will tke the time to [...]
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  Posted: July 15, 2008, 9:02pm EDT
  by northamptonblight

• The Nagle Walkway

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  Bill Nagle was an important figure in Northampton’s recent history. The Gazette described him as “a charismatic recovering alcoholic himself whose homespun philosophy espoused self-help and recovery from addiction through community service” in a December 2006 article, and in the seventies and eighties that community service was abundantly delivered to the [...]
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  Posted: July 13, 2008, 1:47pm EDT
  by northamptonblight

• Why Bill Letendre?

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  I have been asked why Bill Letendre, the Parking Commissioner, is listed as a contact for fixing blight in Northampton. The answer is that strangely enough some downtown maintenance falls under the Parking Division administratively, instead of under the DPW as most people would expect. Go figure! [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2008, 5:43pm EDT
  by northamptonblight

• Graffiti, grafitti, everywhere…..from Paradise City Bar & Grill to Silent Cal’s

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    What does downtown look like to the visitor to Northampton? Well it looks to me like it’s covered in graffiti, which is a definite sign of blight! and not just a little blight. lots of it everywhere you look. everywhere you go. I took a walk starting in front of the new Paradise [...]
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  Posted: July 12, 2008, 1:32pm EDT
  by northamptonblight

• Welcome to Northampton Blight

    This blog is to publicize urban blight right here in Northampton – The Paradise City! Eevery city faces the challenge of keeping things well maintained and looking good, but Northampton has been looking pretty darn shabby lately. And there doesn’t appear to be much interest by our city officials in [...]
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  Posted: July 06, 2008, 3:57pm EDT
  by northamptonblight