G l o u c e s t e r
The city, long renowned among artists, has traditionally
been the home of internationally known painters like Winslow Homer, Edward Hopper and
Fitz Hugh Lane and sculptors like Walker Hancock. The beautiful harbor that
attracts a sizeable artistic population is also a working harbor which is one of
the top three fishing ports in the northeast. A picturesque fishing fleet, manned
primarily by Portugese and Italian residents of the city, supports a major fish
packaging and freezing industry. Gloucester is equally proud of the diversity of its
population, with working class and ethnic residents as well as old wealthy families
and newer summer visitors. Estimates indicate that summer residents push up the
population by about a third, drawn by the beauty of its location, by the
whale-watching industry, sea-side restaurants (like Halibut Point) and
ethnic festivals.
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