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705 Southbridge Street Worcester, MA 01610 Carnegie Library: Billings Square: 1928 No 1990 Tatnuck: 1940 No 1990 Main South 1945 No 1990 Main Branch 2001 Yes NA 3 Salem Square Worcester, MA 01608 Great Brook Valley Yes NA 89 Tacoma Street Worcester, MA 01605 Roosevelt 2013 Yes NA 1006 Grafton Street Worcester, MA 01604 Tatnuck Magnet Yes NA
WORCESTER — All branches of the Worcester Public Library will be closed Friday, a day after a patron struck a staff member with a skateboard at the downtown library at 3 Salem Square, the city said.
Salem Square was a triangular-shaped plaza on the east side of Worcester Common. [3] Facing the square were two churches, the First Baptist Church (c. 1830s), and the Congregational Church (c. 1848). Most of Salem Square was eliminated in the early 1970s as part of the Worcester Center urban renewal project, which replaced the plaza with an ...
The Main and Franklin Streets Historic District is an historic district encompassing most of two city blocks in downtown Worcester, Massachusetts.Roughly bounded by Main, Franklin, Federal, Portland, and Salem Streets, the district includes a well-preserved concentration of commercial buildings constructed during Worcester's economic height in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
[2] [3] They stretch from Newburyport in the north to North Kingstown, Rhode Island, in the south, and reach as far west as Worcester and Fitchburg. The system is split into two parts, with lines north of Boston having a terminus at North Station and lines south of Boston having a terminus at South Station.
Sunderland/Massasoit Road/Rice Square spans Union Hill, Grafton Hill, and Broadmeadow Brook. [2] 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 Franklin Square Salon Gallery, located on the second floor, features art exhibits organized by ArtsWorcester. The theatre, under the name Poli's Palace Theater, was added the National Register of Historic Places in January 2011. [3] The Hanover Theatre Conservatory for the Performing Arts was added in 2016.
The Worcester skyline in November 2024. Worcester currently has 18 high-rise buildings. [1] In the city, there are 12 buildings that stand taller than 150 feet (46 m). The two tallest structures in Worcester are the 24-story tower at 600 Main Street and Worcester Plaza, both of which rise 289 feet (88 m). [1]