Two Visions for Salem - streetsofsalem

Two Visions for Salem - streetsofsalem

I’m in the history business, so I rarely dwell on visions, unless they are in the rear-view mirror. But last week I happened to take two photographs while running around in downtown Salem, and when I looked at them later on my phone I realized that they represented two visions for Salem, at least to me. Here they are and then I’ll explain. The first (top) one is a photograph of recent changes to Washington Street, the key north-south corridor in…