With the temporary closing of stores, New Hampshire’s Main Streets, the places where young and old, commuters and locals, all mix together, are suddenly silent.
We wanted to hear what this surreal moment is like right now for the people behind the counter at these centers of town life. NHPR reached out to both long-established and some newer venues in Concord to see what happens to a community’s favorite gathering spots when we can’t gather.
Listen here:
Special thanks to Angie Lane of Red River Theaters; Michael Herrmann of Gibson’s Bookstore; Alison Murphy of Penumbra, a home goods and flower shop; Alan Natkiel of George’s Northside restaurant and craft beer store; Lyndsey Cole and Alex Stoyle of Revelstoke Coffee; and Nicki Clark of the Capitol Center for the Arts.
