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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…
11 Sever St
When urban renewal came to the Elm Park neighborhood in the late 1960s, it brought with it the prospect of government-supported affordable housing. In 1971, work began on a $4 million apartment complex between Fruit and Sever Streets that included…
34 Green St.
The Dive Bar hosted two muralists during POW! WOW! 2017. Worcester native Scott Boilard painted the Dive Bar’s Temple Street wall, while Ferdinand, also of Worcester, brought an electric energy to the wall running along the Bar’s beer garden.
158 Southbridge St.
Worcester has few landmarks as iconic as the 40-foot neon sign of a giant hotdog dripping flashing neon mustard that beckons hungry hordes to George's Coney Island. Little has changed over the years at this eatery and this is a major reason why…
455 Pleasant St.
J.C. White opened the store in 1852, but Charles C. Lowell purchased the store after many years serving its customers. In the early 20th-century, the store moved to Pearl Street, where it expanded its offerings, even selling gasoline for a time as…