THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING
A two-bedroom apartment at Union Street Lofts in New Bedford overlooks a building with a cafe on its street level and apartments on the second floor on Purchase Street.
A two-bedroom apartment at Union Street Lofts in New Bedford overlooks a building with a cafe on its street level and apartments on the second floor on Purchase Street. (Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff Photo) Wendy Maeda/Globe Staff Photo

Upstairs, downtown

Apartments, condos are once again appearing above main street stores

By Ron DePasquale
Globe Correspondent / January 21, 2007

E-mail this article

Invalid E-mail address
Invalid E-mail address

Sending your article

Your article has been sent.

Text size – +

It's the classic New England main street look: small businesses, retail shops at street level, with apartments above. And in many places in the region, it's illegal. (Full article: 1383 words)

This article is available in our archives:

Globe Subscribers

FREE for subscribers

Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.

Not a subscriber?

Non-Subscribers

Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More

  • $4.95 1 article
  • $9.95 4 articles
  • $25.95 Monthly