February 18th, 2006
The Strand
Since Galveston’s earliest days, Avenue B has been known as the Strand. The Strand was the primary commercial street in downtown Galveston. In its heyday this street was home to banks, merchantile businesses, and factoring companies, and was considerded to be to Galveston what Wall Street was to Manhattan.
| But the hurricane of 1900 and the comming of the Houston Ship Channel adversly affected the history of the Strand area of Galveston. The entire downtown area of the city began to change into a run-down, deserted, used-to-be commerical center.
The interesting thing is that the atrophy of the downtown center of Galveston did something that would otherwise never have happened. It preserved a remarkable collection of Victorian iron-front commercial buildings. |
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Today those restored buildings are recognized as the Strand National Historic Landmark District. A revitalized Strand area is now Galveston’s popular shopping destination. It is home to restaurants, museums, specialty stores, souvenir shops, antique stores and galleries.
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