Famous Monsters of Portsmouth
These pen and ink drawings depict mythical beasts engaged in the destruction of seacoast New Hampshire’s landmarks. Are they veiled comments on rapid and rampant economic development? Or just an illustrator’s whim to squeeze an extraordinary extra edition from local scenic images?

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Hey you! Wanna buy a print?
Kongress Street and The Piscatasquid were once available as limited edition prints, and are now sold out, (although some local Portsmouth, NH galleries may still have one or two left).
Save The Wentworth! is available as a 14.5" x 10" print directly from the artist by regular mail. Send a check for $50 to:

Bill Paarlberg, 82 Bartlett Road,
Kittery Point, Maine 03905

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Kongress Street
Congress Street and Market Square will never be the same.

The Piscatasquid
The famous Portsmouth Tugs
may have met their match.

Save The Wentworth!
Wentworth-By-The-Sea, one of the last of the Grand Hotels, is now very different than was, as shown here, in the 1980s.
Giant Monster Attacks Bridge
Giant Monster Attacks Bridge!
The Memorial Bridge is in trouble, and Pier II Restaurant is a goner.
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