Photographer Marc Belanger has captured the essence of change in Fall River with his latest images. He has graciously given me permission to post them here.
The change is startling, don’t you agree?
The Before was not attractive in the slightest. And the After is a crying shame! In the late 1800’s, the Southard Miller house stood on this site. It was a two family house. In one half of the house (could be upstairs and down, or side by side like a duplex) lived Southard Miller, builder and father of Franklin Miller (painter of the Fall River School). In the other half lived Dr. Seabury Bowen and his family. Bowen, as you recall, was the doctor to the Borden family, who lived katy-corner across the street at 92 Second Street.
Bowen was the first doctor on the scene at the Borden house on the day of the murders, August 4th, 1892. Now stands the Fall River Trial Court. Something tells me this property won’t become something else for a long long time.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/marc72/4884562403/
And here is a link to Marc’s photostream on Flickr. You MUST see his work. Remarkable!
