THE NAME STUCK.
ERIKA: HISTORIC HOMES, WHITE STEEPLES, DOWNTOWN IN BLOOM.
THE SHORELINE, PERFECTION.
THE MANCHESTER BY THE SEA EVEN HAS A GAZEBO ON THE WATER.
IT IS AS PRETTY AS CAN BE.
AND THE POPULAR TOWN BEACH?
IT SINGS.
WALKING ACROSS THE SAND, I AM LIKE WHA IS THAT?
RIGHT, IT IS SINGING.
ERIKA: THE MAESTRO HERE, DIRECTOR OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
>> SEE IF SHE MAKES IS IT FOR US.
NOTHING.
SOMETIMES IT IS TO DRIVE.
IF IT IS TOO DRY, IT WON’T SING.
ERIKA: THE RELATIVE QUIET IS WHAT THE RESULT -- VISITORS AND RESIDENTS LOVE.
>> IT IS A SMALL WORKING LOT IN THE BIG BEACH.
WE WILL GET HERE EARLY BECAUSE IT WILL SELL OUT AND BRING CASH.
ERIKA: ON WEEKENDS NONRESIDENTS WILL WALK ON.
IT IS SEVEN DOLLARS EACH.
CHANGING STALLS AND SHOWERS OFFER CONVENIENCE.
CONCESSIONS MEAN YOU CAN TRAVEL LIGHT AND PLENTY DO.
WILD PARKING IS A -- WHILE PARKING IS A CHALLENGE, GETTING HERE IS NOT.
A HALF MILE DOWN THE ROAD, THE NEWBURY ROCKPORT COMMUTER TRAIN PULLS IN.
>> THE STAFF GETS TO KNOW THE TRAIN SCHEDULE BECAUSE ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU SEE THE PEOPLE COMING UP.
ERIKA: RATHER RIDE THAN WALK?
THIS MAN HAS YOU COVERED.
>> THE STORE HAS BEEN HERE 60 YEARS.
I BELIEVE I AM THE THIRD OR FOURTH OWNER.
ERIKA: READY TO GO.
SEASIDE CYCLE HAS A FLEET OF HYBRID BIKES AVAILABLE TO RENT EVERY DAY BUT SUNDAY.
EXPLORE AND ENJOY THE HARBOR VIEWS.
WHICH BRINGS US TO ANOTHER WAY TO GET AWAY THE PARK -- AROUND THE PARKING PICKLE.
THE DOC IS A TANK AWAY BY BOAT.
TOWN FUNDS MADE IT POSSIBLE.
BOATERS ARE GOING TO COME IN BUT ARE NOT GOING TO SIT ON THEIR BOATS THERE THEY WILL GO IN AND SPEND MONEY.
ERIKA: HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN IN MANCHESTER BY THE SEA FOR NINE GENERATIONS.
HE IS PROUD OF THE NEW DOCK BECAUSE IT IS HIS CREATION THAT MAKES PAYMENT TO TIE UP POSSIBLE.
>> EIGHT DOLLARS AN HOUR AND OVERNIGHT $60 FLAT FEE.
ERIKA: YOU CAN SAVE YOUR SPOT ON A WEBSITE.
THE SERVICE BENEFITS MARINAS AS WELL.
>> INNOCENT LIST TERMS WE ARE LIKE OPENTABLE FOR THE MARINAS.
WE PROVIDE MARINAS, MUNICIPAL, PRIVATE OR YOUNG CLUBS WITH BASIC SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS THEM -- YOUR CLUBS -- YACHT CLUBS WITH SOFTWARE THAT ALLOWS THEM TO DO THIS.
OFF OF MISERY ISLAND I TOOK A MOORING AND GOT BOOTED OFF BECAUSE I DID NOT HAVE A RESERVATION.
ERIKA: GIVEN ALL THE BOATERS AND THE NAME, ONE MIGHT ASSUME FISHING FIRST BROUGHT PEOPLE TO MANCHESTER BY THE SEA, BUT BETH SAYS WHILE FISHING AND FARMING WAS PART OF LIFE, FURNITURE
BECAME A BIG BUSINESS.
>> WE HAD 40 FURNITURE COMPANIES, MAKING BEAUTIFUL PIECES.
ERIKA: SOME OF IT CAN BE VIEWED AT THIS HOUSE, HOME TO THE MANCHESTER HISTORICAL MUSEUM.
SHE IS THE DIRECTOR.
>> THE FRONT PARLOR.
ERIKA: ABIGAIL TRASK BUILT THE HOME, A SINGLE WOMAN, 35 WHEN SHE MARRIED A WIDOWED SEA CAPTAIN AND INSISTED THE HOME STAY IN HER NAME.
>> 1823 SHE MADE HIM SIGN A PRENUP.
SHE IS GREAT.
ERIKA: A GLIMPSE AT WHAT SINGING BEACH USED TO LOOK LIKE.
>> OVER 130 OF THE BATHHOUSE IS, VARIOUS SHAPES AND SIZES AND IN THE 1930’S THERE WERE A SERIES OF THREE STORMS.
YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE DONE.
ERIKA: DOWN THE STREET ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE PAST THE MUSEUM MANAGES, SEASIDE BUILT FOR THE TOWN’S FIRST FIRE ENGINE.
THE FUNNY THING WAS WITHIN 10 YEARS, ANOTHER FIRE ENGINE AD IT DIDN’T FIT INSIDE.
>> THE GILDED AGE REALLY PUT MANCHESTER ON THE MAP.
IT IS ALSO WENT BY THE SEA WAS ADDED BUT NOT OFFICIALLY.
>> IT HAD BEEN IN USE FOR 100 YEARS WHEN THEY PROPOSED CAN WE DO THIS?
IT IS ON THE OLD POSTCARDS.
IN 1990 IS WHEN THE NAME OFFICIALLY BECAME BY THE SAME.
-- DRS.
-- SEA.
SHAYNA: THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF SNOBBERY INVOLVED WHEN IT BECAME POPULARIZED DURING THE GILDED AGE, BUT IT CREATED AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.
ANTHONY: PEOPLE WERE TRAVELING BY SEE -- BY TRAIN AND DIDN’T WANT TO END UP IN MANCHESTER, NEW HAMPSHIRE.
THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, MAKING IDENTIFICATION BUT ALSO A BIT OF WE ARE THE MANCHESTER BY TH