Worcester Union Station is a failure. Once viewed with the potential to be a true intermodal terminal, serving all kinds of transit with grace, it has now become a hollow shell with few amenities for those who depend on it. While having almost hourly trains to Boston, daily trains to Chicago, and thousands passing through.
In 1936, seven white men judged which neighborhoods of Worcester were not viable for real estate financing using criteria like “industrial workers live in this area as well as a few negroes.” Today, as rising costs overburden half of renters in the city, those impacted the most are from those neighborhoods still suffering from lack of investment.
The Worcester Redevelopment Authority is turning more proactive in helping to remake downtown and beyond, including what would be the first two properties taken as part of a sprawling revitalization plan.
Olympia Theater, part of downtown Worcester since 1891, sold for $527K telegram.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from telegram.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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