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Mills
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Bridge Street Tunnel still cuts through to Dyer
The passage under the viaduct has outlasted three streetcar lines and two bridge replacements, emerging on the east side near the old gasworks.
Linden Mill seats the corner table at six-thirty
The dining room occupies the old sorting floor, and the corner table catches the last light through the north windows. Reserve it early.
The Wheelwright Building skybridge crosses at five
The enclosed bridge between Wheelwright and the Ledger annex opens at the fifth floor, not the fourth where most visitors exit the elevator.
The Halyard Mill balcony wraps the turbine floor
A second-level walkway circles the original turbine installation, offering sight lines into the working floor below and through to the river-facing windows.
The Mercer Hall counter seats walk-ins until seven
Six counter seats face the open kitchen at this Weybosset mill conversion. First-come service runs through early evening most nights.
The Fenner Arcade stairway leads to the balcony
Most visitors miss the second level entirely. The wrought iron staircase behind the south pillar takes you to eighteen rooms that still operate as they did in 1891.
The Pendleton Building entrance is on Dorrance
Most people walk past it three times before they notice the brass plate. The real door is twelve feet north of where the awning suggests.
Traverse Canal still runs under Smith Street
The narrow footpath drops below grade just past the barber shop, following the old waterway that fed the mills before the pavement went down.
The Clockwork Arcade is not a mall
Jen will walk you through the gears. They are HVAC. They are also the point.
Mill 14½ still plates the river fish
Sage will get you a table. The half is the room that is not on the directory.