Worcesteria: WooSox parking situation worse than it looks
Worcester Magazine
In February of 2020, before the pandemic became our everyday reality, the biggest thing happening in town was the grand opening of the Worcester Public Market in Kelley Square. Naturally, I attended the grand opening, and evidently, so did everybody else, because there was not a parking space to be found. I drove around the Canal District in circles for about half an hour before, ironically, finding a spot in the lot behind the market itself. So, sometimes you get lucky. Other times, you don't. I have had trouble parking on numerous occasions in that neighborhood, just going to a poetry reading at Nick's Bar and Restaurant or picking up takeout at Bay State Shawarma. It's a busy part of town, and that's