Cruising Downtown

September 1, 2018 — The annual car show called Cruising Downtown in Manchester, New Hampshire, was a great success again. Most of Manchester's downtown area, including the main business district on Elm Street, Victory Park and several side streets are closed to all traffic except show cars. Spectators are free to walk the streets. The show goes on from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., a generous length of time as car shows go. There are many food trucks parked along the streets, besides permanent restaurants.

The show isn't what it used to be because of a decline in participation by city government, civic groups and armed services that were once heavily involved in the show. It's now basically just a car show, albeit a big one. Two live bands perform, spaced far enough apart so there's no conflict.

On this particular day, coming at the end of a period of near record heat and humidity, it was thankfully cooler, in the 70s rather than 90s, and much less humid, but cloudiness persisted most of the day, somewhat dulling photography. Still, I came away with over one hundred photos and a video which I feel are pretty respectable. You can see them at this link:

https://www.linwoodstreet.com/cruising2018/