POW! WOW! WORCESTER: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
A project by Digital Worcester, POW! WOW! Worcester, and Worcester Historical MuseumThe city is a canvas, where diverse groups leave their mark – immigrants to entrepreneurs, power brokers to humble citizens. Some are more indelible than others but all matter. POW! WOW! transforms the city’s walls into vibrant mediations on the meaning of place and belonging. The buildings have stories to tell too. This site organizes the murals by geographic site, so the histories behind and sometimes hidden by the murals can remind us of our past as we encounter the present and dream of our collective future. Read more About Us
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POW! WOW! 2018 Sites
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12 Locations ~ Curated by Sarah KwatinetzRecent Stories
927 Main St.
Sculptor Michael Murphy is bringing his perceptual art to Main South. The setting for his work will be a storefront addition to a large, set-back triple decker residential property. A boxy, single-story storefront attached to an older residential…
2 Ionic Ave.
Creative Hub Worcester is getting a 2018 POW! WOW! make over as L’Amour Supreme comes to Ionic Ave to work his comic book inspired magic. Built in 1914, the Ionic Ave club house offered a space to get young boys off the street and out of trouble. …
26 Millbury St
From around 1926 forward in the historically Polish and Lithuanian neighborhood along Millbury Street, Maurice White operated a shop that went by many names – the Maurice White Variety, Supreme Market, Maurice's, White’s 5 Cents to a Dollar, and…
55 Salisbury St
The Worcester Art Museum (WAM) has a reputation for broadening the definition of what constitutes art. In 1904, the museum was the first to exhibit photography as fine art. In 1927, it pioneered the acquisition, shipment, and installation of a…
76 Massasoit Rd
The Rice Square Elementary School has been a Massasoit Road institution, continuously serving area families since its construction in 1914. Responding to overcrowding in the school system due to explosive population growth over the first two decades…
244 Park Ave.
Before the rise of the “Big Three” American automakers (Ford, Chrysler, and GMC), numerous manufacturers turned out cars and crowded cities with dealerships. Worcester was no exception. The west side of Park Ave between Elm St. and Pleasant St. was…