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Harding Street was created in the 1850s by filling in a portion of the Blackstone Canal, and this area developed as a center of Worcester's footwear industry. Three of the buildings, all built in 1870, were built for the Walker Shoe Company, founded in 1862 by two brothers.
The complex is located north of downtown Worcester, between Grove and Prescott Streets north of Faraday Street. It consists of thirteen brick buildings, the oldest of which was built in 1863. Located at the southern end of the complex, the Cotton Mill manufactured cotton that was used to wrap crinoline wire that was used in hoop skirts. When ...
Originally known as Federal Square Plaza, the small urban park in Federal Square was renamed Francis R. Carroll Plaza in 2008. [3] [4]In 2019, a US$1.5 million reconstruction of Francis R. Carroll Plaza began as part of a US$13 million rehabilitation project to improve Main Street.
Lake Avenue/Quinsigamond Lake spans several neighborhoods in South Worcester and East Worcester. [2] Park Ave skirts the eastern edge of West Worcester. [2] The Edgemere neighborhood is primarily in neighboring Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. [2] The Arts District spans several neighborhoods in Central City. [3]
Central Massachusetts is the geographically central region of Massachusetts. Though definitions vary, most include all of Worcester County and the northwest corner of Middlesex County . Worcester , the largest city in the area, and the seat of Worcester County, is often considered the cultural capital of the region.
The Census Bureau classifies towns in Massachusetts as a type of "minor civil division" and cities as a type of "populated place". However, from the perspective of Massachusetts law, politics, and geography, cities and towns are the same type of municipal unit, differing primarily in their form of government and some state laws which set ...
The Worcester administration is proposing ADUs, also known as in-law apartments, by right in all residential zoning districts. Housing chief Augustus welcomes Worcester's accessory dwelling unit ...
Worcester Corset Company Factory on Wyman Street. Jonas Clark Hall, built in 1887, is the main academic building at Clark University. The Daniel Hunt Three-Decker, located at 9 Wyman Street, was built in 1890. Main South (or South Main) is a neighborhood in southern Worcester, Massachusetts.