CONTACT US

© 2025 Delmarva Public Media
A service of Salisbury University and University of Maryland Eastern Shore
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Support Provided By: (Sponsored Content)
What do federal funding cuts mean for Delmarva Public Media? LEARN MORE
Delmarva Today
Delmarva Today

Delmarva Today 8-22-25 - A brief history of Salisbury's long-time parking lot conundrum

By Kevin Diaz
Published August 22, 2025 at 10:37 AM EDT
Aerial Photo: Downtown Salisbury, Camden St Bridge looking NE in the 1960s. Scanned by C. Harvey on Scan Master 0, 25.3 x 20.4 cm. Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Demarva History and Culture at Salisbury University, Walter C. Thurston Jr. Collection.
Thurston
Aerial Photo: Downtown Salisbury, Camden St Bridge looking NE in the 1960s. Nabb Research Center for Demarva History and Culture at Salisbury University.

As the battle over downtown development continues, Delmarva Public Media's Kevin Diaz takes a look back at how large swaths of downtown Salisbury became surface parking lots.

Delmarva Today
Kevin Diaz
Kevin Diaz has more than four decades of journalism experience, including the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Houston Chronicle, Washington City Paper, and public radio on the Eastern Shore.
See stories by Kevin Diaz