http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/new-events daily 0.75 2016-04-02 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/new-events/2016/5/4/jane-jacobs-100th-birthday monthly 0.5 2016-04-02 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog daily 1.0 2021-04-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1460997746344-4A5DHOUP87L4CV9MMS52/weintraubs+deli+2.JPG Blog http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2021/4/18/redesign-a-worcester-street monthly 0.5 2021-04-19 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2021/3/24/stearns-tavern-wins-2020-2021-jane-award monthly 0.5 2021-04-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1617029367842-NP0QSL8818VJHMKFFVR1/Exterior+-+finished+-+Pat+Glennon.jpg Blog - Stearns Tavern Wins 2020-2021 Jane Award Stearns Tavern Restored. Behind the building is a fully accessible new playground for the neighborhood and city on the banks of Coes Pond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1617041704061-MZ67IKDU6FSKUEEN2VUJ/IMG_0127.JPG Blog - Stearns Tavern Wins 2020-2021 Jane Award http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2019/5/13/the-importance-of-real-community-engagement-in-great-development-projects monthly 0.5 2019-05-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1557760278295-Q2TXQVALAXP1RA57BJM4/DSC_0025_edited.jpg Blog - The Importance of Real Community Engagement in Great Development Projects Barry Lorion, District Highway Director of MassDOT, District 3, Don Cooke, Corporate Service Lead from VHB and Kate Barrett, Vice President for Public Involvement from RVA accept the 2019 Jane Award at a ceremony on May 3, 2019 at the White Room, Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1557760927612-9U6CUWDLYMOGW921826B/IMG_0529.jpg Blog - The Importance of Real Community Engagement in Great Development Projects http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2018/4/11/join-us-for-jane-week-2018-april-30-may-6 monthly 0.5 2018-04-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1523434477319-C0PNFXSI7LA9GF66UL68/Jane-Week-Brochure-2018-11x17-online-front.jpg Blog - Join Us for Jane Week 2018, April 30 - May 6 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1523434507406-HISIWBJSD0ZEROJD66VY/Jane-Week-Brochure-2018-11x17-online-back.jpg Blog - Join Us for Jane Week 2018, April 30 - May 6 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/8/4/a-san-franciscoeast-bay-wake-up-call-will-worcesters-renaissance-benefit-all monthly 0.5 2017-08-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1501597106625-YBMSKERF98VJD5KYM7Y5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A San Francisco/East Bay Wake Up Call: Will Worcester’s Renaissance Benefit All? Downtown Oakland in a state of flux. 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Will a Worcester renaissance also increase the number of locals who are down on their luck? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1501558373354-FS4SARHR0ZZ9WZCI9SI4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A San Francisco/East Bay Wake Up Call: Will Worcester’s Renaissance Benefit All? For the past four years, Jahaira Gomez invested in growing her Head Quarters barbershop on Portland Street. She will be forced to move in August and believes she may have to relocate to another city that is supportive of her enterprise. A customer in the store warns, "The big fish are coming here and pushing out the little fish." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1501597753166-IDQ5NTRI2E6G304MRTZF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A San Francisco/East Bay Wake Up Call: Will Worcester’s Renaissance Benefit All? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/5/26/woo-voice-10-joyce-mandell-the-original-jane-jacobs-in-the-woo monthly 0.5 2018-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495649697934-XMLLE9JYRGC060EU7LH1/maxresdefault.jpg Blog - Woo Voice #10: Joyce Mandell, The Original Jane Jacobs In The Woo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495648449740-WT38UBZ0XXBM14MWOXGG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Woo Voice #10: Joyce Mandell, The Original Jane Jacobs In The Woo Kyla, John and Paul talk "Jane" on WICN's Business Beat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495610906815-6D5T8LY1Z0CS0SHH6I71/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Woo Voice #10: Joyce Mandell, The Original Jane Jacobs In The Woo Public policy group talking "Jane" with City Manager Ed Augustus in April 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495648345088-8NEOLV5GV86YSZO6Y8N3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Woo Voice #10: Joyce Mandell, The Original Jane Jacobs In The Woo One of my favorite murals brings me back to the hint of the past shtetl on Water Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495649750823-D8T0IA2ZJQJT4JYOPV0L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Woo Voice #10: Joyce Mandell, The Original Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nancy McBride's painting of her aunt, Jane Jacobs! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/5/26/worcester-20-a-jane-walker-speaks monthly 0.5 2017-05-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495609991070-AVFF7YHVMUDDWJZD4U3P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Photo Credit: Meaghan L. Hardy-Lavoie, “Russell Street, Worcester” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495610251801-KIWH7OPAOJ6C8Z8YPTZT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Photo Credit: Meaghan L. Hardy-Lavoie, “Dream Big Dreams” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495610081400-V12JZ0KVRMGX5WU58E2Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Photo Credit: Meaghan L. Hardy-Lavoie, “Union Station” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495611553601-SCXSZ5S1WEK8OMB7K4OY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Standing in front of the former Shaarai Torah East synagogue on Providence Street. The Jewish East Side tour was just one of the Jane Walks that Kaner joined during Jane Week. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495610330250-AX48IP3N4TREUHMWEVI6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Photo Credit: Meaghan L. Hardy-Lavoie, “Layaway” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1495610155117-3FG4DU7VIXIYQG8ZAFGI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester 2.0: A Jane Walker's Woo-Reflections Photo Credit: Meaghan L. 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Boston based architect Tim Love was joined by a panel representing Springfield, Lowell, Northampton and Boston. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494519128546-8TDQW27B9PM2RFNFO57D/IMG_1475.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Learning how other cities demand fine design Panelists included Michael Dipasquale of the UMASS Design Center in Springfield, Carolyn Misch, Senior Planner from Northampton, Claire Ricker, Chief Design Planner of Lowell and Kairos Shen, former Chief Planner from the Boston Redevelopment Authority https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494519158153-1JN5WIE9O4JAWUW3MOGG/IMG_1481.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Advice to Worcester "Worcester should be asking for high-quality developments. And your'e on your way... maybe you need to be a little bit more vocal and say, 'we're small and we're growing but we know quality when we see it.'" Kairos Shen "A lot of people, especially younger people... want to go to cities because they're quirky, especially these former manufacturing places... Worcester has come a long way, but I would not lose that identity." Michael DiPasquale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863888185-RPES2HETUB44DK3TZB1D/IMG_1482.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - WPI Architecture Students Re-Imagine Notre Dame Teams of WPI students present their ideas for creative reuse of Notre Dame des Canadiens Church. 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(A Community Health Walk) Dr. Mattie Castiel and Dr. Michael Hirsch led a walk to highlight all the ways Worcester is becoming the healthiest city in the country. #healthy2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863099869-CUONG0QY216ILFVTUIPC/18274760_768189326674271_6193956015014744935_n.jpg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Starting off with Yoga at the Common https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863158303-EARWQ2IDWR2UN6NS1R22/IMG_1500.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863198035-6SEMEIHIJLKD2PJALQG6/IMG_1504.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - We got cool t-shirts! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863229838-7MQKQR6JFN7W7L4CUB8Q/IMG_1517.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863253883-HQGRNX7HRWL6RQX7XGAO/IMG_1508.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - We got fresh produce from the REC mobile market https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863301740-ZNTO095O2S002YP2Y3G3/IMG_1510.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863318529-HAGUOTF2IB9SFK27AR1W/IMG_1511.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - A Walk for All People walked. People strolled their babies. People biked the route. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863380229-FOXMST13XGJ0JN95U5GO/IMG_1518.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - We learned about ACE (African Community Education) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863438638-OZVOH171JSFH6A26MPGR/IMG_1519.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - We found hidden pocket parks! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863470442-Y7PSAFXJM68S9QZJJ4ZW/IMG_1520.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863490841-QYOFC9ZGQACXOS1U8QKJ/IMG_1522.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Earn-A-Bike at Stone Soup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494863545841-3IE9CI44MHOGVFNG0KL2/IMG_1524.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - A Hydroponic Greenhouse at Stone Soup We learned about growing a locally based food economy and the role of this worker coop at Stone Soupl https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865048210-HKBU4NXTA4ZPJ0QBDLZK/IMG_6666.JPG.jpeg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Home Depot Builds Us A Pop-Up Parklet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865100931-SRNCFZEW3SIW693MPBU4/IMG_6673.JPG+%281%29.jpeg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865117111-HE383LO2J6G7B5E9N29O/IMG_6670.JPG.jpeg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865174772-XPGEW0QFX6UDQ43QSOHI/IMG_2371.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Worcester Vocational Students Baked the Jane Cake https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865218480-R196686SVB9IFQYGHIKO/IMG_2372.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865253423-W2NQSR0H8P8TUCKD35BK/IMG_1525+%281%29.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Setting up the Parklet Thursday, May 4th, We pop up a parklet in front of Deadhorse Hill on North Main in two on-street parking spaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865347886-WCS7VSTJL4FJ9ISONO7R/IMG_1526.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865368909-VF42G4QQ64SV4F4HFAGH/IMG_1528+%281%29.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865392035-R6KK6WG5PYT7C8HU4OOS/IMG_1529+%281%29.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865415158-48PROJ4UJRHG4HSC7AXV/IMG_1530.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865435023-RMCZQZWNLIRFS8ZTVE0M/IMG_1531.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865454538-KXRMKBTVI8L8NX14KX17/IMG_1532.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865489376-9SZGMJBJ4G357X70AR5X/IMG_1535.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Old Historic Photos of North Main Street Thanks to Worcester Historical Museum, we were able to display old photos when North Main was hopping! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865560380-SM4WG6DGS1TT9UZMT889/18222317_1698730336804108_6770593272085177486_n.jpg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Parklet is Ready and Waiting for a Party! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865596072-V54PXSNANA0MV8K0KQY0/18268375_1520768594621253_2432731040007068452_n.jpg Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865625946-W6LW0BECLPP18T2BUWR6/IMG_1541.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Building Your Own Ideal City Betsy Loring, Director of Exhibits at EcoTarium brought magnets and trays from the City Science exhibit to the parklet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865747230-U36766VID7PHAU33V3IA/IMG_1546.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865809450-EKOPFDPXER7DDS98Q0DA/IMG_1547.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865826121-NI3S0WGWOQU8IFCCLFED/IMG_1548.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494865846810-K3BAR44QLAQ9DTKAWHLQ/IMG_1555.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Happy 101st Birthday, Jane Jacobs Nancy McBride, niece of Jane Jacobs and State Senator Mary Keefe cut the Jane cake. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866111427-KKJ05CBZ2DRZ5JHP028S/IMG_1539.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Worcester Wall to Wall A community art walk with POW! 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We began at Union Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866694776-JRF5GW9RYDT87N70FSRM/IMG_1576.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866716437-8I21KRBNOFOF42Q0I3NL/IMG_1579.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866737440-QA3N7CY6JERU3AD3QOXW/IMG_1580.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866757824-SCTH0LK7NC69S9K4QMD3/IMG_1581.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866789702-E1U7FEHYVTRDLM0SW296/IMG_1582.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866810392-64RKHX0JAH3ZNM7XB1RO/IMG_1583.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866833251-T5RGYY4TYIUN8AN32VID/IMG_1585.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866852500-DOFELVY34ZIGH2MFP02L/IMG_1587.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866886279-NK7QN870HSMSB1Z5452B/IMG_1589.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866905895-90AJX3U89HRPV4SRJT8L/IMG_1592.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494866934021-7VHF1YW5NA9L0RUD1F9Q/IMG_1595.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Kilby-Gardner-Hammond: Community Driven Revitalization in Main South Casey Starr shows us "before" slides of the area prior to redevelopment https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867022617-9MEEM77TGR8U1ZP2P3KZ/IMG_1597.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week Outdoor seating facing the sidewalk.. a bit of Jane Jacobs' eyes on the street on South Main https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867087993-TSZOW0OWF65PJ17MFSI3/IMG_1598.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867118930-H43T4O5DM61QZEYS3UXW/IMG_1600.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - The Importance of Trees for Great Streets https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867159108-YP1OFBJXUR0BOF3IDABK/IMG_1601.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - A Juxtaposition of Two Development Projects Two projects standing side by side. Which one promotes active street life? What are some differences between the two? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867231933-631LZCVZ072WJ613ZB3S/IMG_1603.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Solar Panels on a CDC Built Property https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867270825-D98SKGYRZCNGAJHS43P4/IMG_1604.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Bike Paths Provide Connectivity https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867307681-AIM007G8LUB4N6TBTC6V/IMG_1605.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867327367-UIQ7ZUCKJ54LW2TLNLQP/IMG_1607.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Can We Please Re-Use This Industrial Property? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867418986-Q91D7UBGUJI1NGYGNXIG/IMG_1611.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Mills Converted to Housing https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867453222-D2VEHIO9SN9S1HU107DK/IMG_1612.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867477934-NAZ0VS5MJGCVOQYBS70W/IMG_1613.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867497546-CEA5RC5R6ZFTIQCCCHBB/IMG_1614.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867520107-Y6163DXC3I9I9TFKDIWM/IMG_1615.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Healthy Neighborhoods Have Churches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867568765-96UAW36T5BK5OZZPIC0C/IMG_1619.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Religion and Radicals:Revisiting the Jewish East Side Mullen Sawyer, Director of the Oak Hill CDC, invited the tour into their buiding, the former Samuel Wolfson residence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867744992-V36SN9UHFJ76WRVK6KXY/IMG_1622.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867769568-Z4AG3UTFPGOM9EVYT673/IMG_1620.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - City Councilor Moe Bergman is our tour leader https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867808215-XZWP98N1C3XWPT19S3AG/IMG_1621.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Former Site of the Neighborhood Mikvah https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867851304-Q38OOA30UKVVJGOT58VC/IMG_1625.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867870440-PQYLKTM8SA0T2G4QYGBR/IMG_1626.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Former Shaarai Torah East now converted to condo units https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867939840-W7CZGI2Q8XP7F7S3AZRV/IMG_1628.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Frescoes on the women's balcony still grace the walls https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494867984192-51Z8TK6WLIXCFI1SWO1Q/IMG_1629.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Some of the Condo Owners Let Us Enter Their Units https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868026110-Y5I3V4AGA6T1859IDOEI/IMG_1632.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868050133-7JXZ2AASJO1K2QJSR1ZO/IMG_1636.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Where Famous Anarchist Emma Goldman Once Served Ice Cream https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868127710-M6AI4L59QXTZZEJ5TIDR/IMG_2310.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week - Hiking the East-West Trail at Newton Hill Thanks to Ruth Seward, Worcester Tree Initiative and Stacy Hill, Friends of Newton Hill https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868206730-Y9CXXU5XVQLNHX1WEAAW/IMG_2315.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868228548-357TCIR1XQ1PH2X19NHC/IMG_2316.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868247827-L9O4E2FJORCHIMAYGJYF/IMG_2319.JPG Blog - Walking and Talking "Jane" during Jane Jacobs In the Woo Week https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1494868284680-IQQO0VPYPMIZZJKQPIGA/IMG_2325.JPG Blog - 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Jane Jacobs in the Woo Presents the 2017 Jane Award to Crompton Place http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/4/10/john-giangregorio-paul-dellaquila-and-kyla-pacheko-talk-all-things-jane-jacobs-in-the-woo monthly 0.5 2017-04-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1491830035096-NDNZG6FLT6UDMWMUST8J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - John Giangregorio, Paul Dell'Aquila and Kyla Pacheko talk all things "Jane Jacobs in the Woo" http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/4/1/jane-week-is-coming-may-1-7 monthly 0.5 2017-04-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1491100923120-0H7KRQ6BN2CIZF8I0GF0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Week is Coming, May 1 - 7 Click here to get full brochure! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/3/17/a-new-four-way-intersection-not-the-answer-to-traffic-woes-in-washington-square monthly 0.5 2017-03-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1489759180851-BOOIIVCTPJPVKCYGUIV5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A New Four Way Intersection: Not the Answer to Traffic Woes in Washington Square Dan Burden leads a walking audit from Union Station in June 2016 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/3/7/jane-week-is-coming-may-1-7-2017 monthly 0.5 2017-03-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1490221195930-QCIK1DJ28P5ORVW35YZ8/Jane+Week+Brochure+Cover+Image.jpg Blog - Jane Week is Coming May 1 - 7, 2017! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2017/1/8/re-imagining-notre-dame-makes-dollars-and-sense monthly 0.5 2017-01-08 http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/12/11/winter-hot-soup-good-books monthly 0.5 2016-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1476798541132-S42BIV2SYE3JGJLO87GJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Winter Hot Soup, Good Books http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/11/27/jane-jacobs-in-a-nutshell monthly 0.5 2016-12-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1476412812699-2H7QAH5F952JFT2610WF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs in a Nutshell http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/30/loving-worcester-action-4-do-something-fun monthly 0.5 2016-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1473895720012-7Y5VKSG4JZOYJIG3G879/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Do Something Fun The DIY Worcide Skateboarding Park is a perfect example of literal and figurative "grittiness"! A bunch of plucky skateboarders reclaim a dead urban space at the end of Washington Street on the edges of the Canal District and backing up to the railroad bed. They have created something incredible - a space for skateboarding and powerful graffiti art. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/11/20/loving-worcester-action-7-eat-local-food monthly 0.5 2016-11-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1476369498882-QXL3A6WOUMEO5H2WRL0P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Eat Local Food Alex works in the back kitchen on the busy weekend mornings. He knows exactly how I like my omelet cooked. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1476369566916-OGEPHGPZJQI4V81MDPTT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Eat Local Food Originally from Albania, Tony is now a star at the grill. He can crack six eggs shotgun in the row with just his one hand. My son and I sit there mesmerized watching him cook so fast. “You make the best omelets,” I often tell him. He always gives Joseph a fist pump when he first greets him. “Hey, hey, hey!” Tony smiles as if he were happy we were there. ‘What’s up, little guy? What’s up, Joseph?” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1478012427258-VACGBJ1R2KMVWGV4O04H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Eat Local Food Jakey with Fatima at Fatima's Cafe on West Boylston Street http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/11/13/subtle-signs-how-290-drained-the-life-of-a-neighborhood monthly 0.5 2016-11-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475778482764-2W9B88X0N4QSS2YB4OCA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Subtle Signs: How 290 Drained the Life of a Neighborhood The highway now functions as a subtle barrier between the triple-decker housing stock on the hill and the commercial district below. Although sidewalks grace both sides of the highway overlook, the highway still becomes a psychological and even physical divider of the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475778657532-PB4EDEOBTAHLARPGZB7N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Subtle Signs: How 290 Drained the Life of a Neighborhood Now just imagine what it must have been like before Route 290 when this whole hill was graced with sturdy triple-deckers providing a seamless whole promenade to the Water Street commercial district below. Can you picture how busy the streets were on Saturday night after the end of Shabbat at sunset or on Sunday, when people descended down the hill for their share of bagels and lox, corned beef and pickles? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/11/10/borrow-a-book-return-a-book monthly 0.5 2016-11-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475777271930-9SCJBCEMMDL0YVIFSELJ/IMG_1219.JPG Blog - Borrow a Book, Return a Book Borrow a book... Return a book.... Take a book... Swap a book... Enjoy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475777380907-HLL1I8GT89I4WTQBNDT3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Borrow a Book, Return a Book http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/11/27/loving-worcester-action-8-get-political monthly 0.5 2016-11-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1476148223684-X22HF3RUA2OB1QKNPJGN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Get Political The sidewalk we fought for and won. Isn't it incredible? The action of organizing to get this sidewalk is really a triple-hitter for place attachment. 1) The collective efforts of advocating for the sidewalk brought our neighbors together (Say hi to neighbors). 2) We got political in a project that bettered our street and neighborhood. (Get political) 3) Once this sidewalk was built, many neighbors felt free to walk more than ever (Walk more!) http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/27/greenleaf-terrace-neighborhood-envy monthly 0.5 2016-10-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475772608248-2NRVOZDIVMBX31Y1Q24Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy Greenleaf Terrace links Pleasant Street to Midland Street. Buses stop here. Your feet can carry you to the coffee shop, the restaurants, yogurt place and convenient store on the corner of Richmond. You can walk to Newton Square on a Tuesday evening to hear a summer concert. You could even walk or bike to Price Chopper or Elm Park a bit further down the road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475774604993-EWN6SKGSH83P2B54H5AX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy Jane Jacobs pointed to the importance of active sidewalks for street safety and vibrancy. How do you encourage sidewalk life? People need reasons to be out on the streets. Those who live here are not the only ones to pass through this passageway. Others in the neighborhood hit the pavement to get back and forth from their homes to the stores in the main square. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475774481925-GYR54AKAYAVLDLENWLYR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy "We have our own gaslights here too!" mentioned every neighbor I spoke to at the community yard sale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475774882589-T1CFN8TSXBVA4L6MW3E4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy Unpaved narrow alleyway provides access to parking spaces for cars BEHIND THE HOUSES not in the front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475775498183-29BQX3C8YGOT134J3DDW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy Paul selling some pots and pans at the community yard sale. We talked for such a long time that he even invited me in for a tour of his craftsman house. I sat on his porch for a bit and watched people walk down the pedestrian lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475773702206-D7UYV0V9UU9MXEM9FCW6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy The front doors of the houses on both sides of Greenleaf Terrace face directly to the public pedestrian passageway. All these houses have sociable front porches where neighbors hang out and greet the world. Life is turned towards the walkway and the houses of the neighbors, encouraging conversation, engagement, community. Neighbors are jointly responsible for keeping the passageway clear in the winter. No city snow plow graces this little pedestrian way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475773624716-IXP1GHTWMQPL0US2ZFGG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Greenleaf Terrace Neighborhood Envy Greenleaf Terrace is not your usual street. One can't drive down this "road". It's actually a pedestrian way between two key streets (Midland and Pleasant). http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/24/jane-jacobs-in-the-woo-hits-the-wicn-airwaves monthly 0.5 2016-10-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1477308494588-D391FKFJSHOZ1EOHKRY0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs in the Woo Hits the WICN Airwaves Go tell 'em, Jane Jacobs in the Woo! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/23/loving-worcester-action-3-say-hi-to-neighbors monthly 0.5 2016-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474153816753-RL3JBYBQ704BL0I3XX4G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Say Hi To Neighbors http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/16/loving-worcester-action-2-buy-local monthly 0.5 2016-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474389144596-J1JBAI874MIFAWE9ALPH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Buy Local At the local dry cleaner up the street, Sharon has been hemming our pants and doing our sewing for years now. The manager, Andy, didn't want to be photographed but he has an incredible photographic memory. He knows each customer who walks in the store. I don't even need a receipt. He has my dry cleaning all ready as soon as he sees me on the sidewalk about to enter. This is the "Cheers-Bar" effect, that connected feeling of being in a place where people actually know your name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474050795067-VWGPNHDDOJKCOBW98HS6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Buy Local FRAMED In TATNUCK!! Thanks to Cliff Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474387220552-F5E7DJVTB0R41RTPFJ86/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Buy Local At Framed in Tatnuck, I got the kind of service and personalized caring that I would never expect from a national chain. As the former board president of Worcester Local First, Cliff Wilson is used to ticking off the reasons for choosing to go local instead of automatically defaulting to a national big box retailer. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/12/the-530-am-morning-walk-ritual monthly 0.5 2016-10-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474049256453-QK2SX7WQW6C4YUS5VQAP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The 5:30 AM Morning Walk Ritual George and Maria walk the half block from their house in the early morning to open up the Pleasant Street Market for the first-of-the-day customers. I pass by them a bit shy of 6 am on my walk. They always sit with their coffee at this table. We smile and shout out our hellos. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/9/loving-worcester-action-1-walk-more monthly 0.5 2016-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1473972011697-6TR8MOO4S3EJG6CBL5FS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Walk More This morning on a late walk, I met Susan for the first time. I knew of her since she is the spouse of my friend, Calvin but I had never talked to her. Here is the strength of weak ties: She asked me if I would consider teaching a course in her department at Assumption College and now we are "facebook friends." I admired her bright pink sneakers! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1474044237513-DW9GY5B0PE6PO62Q0VPR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Loving Worcester Action: Walk More In one of her "love where you live" experiments, Melody Warnick ordered wayfinding signs from WalkYourCity.org and posted them throughout her town to encourage residents to hit the sidewalks. Readers may recall this photo of the wayfinding signs I found in Malden. So, where would we direct walkers from, say, Union Station? Could we encourage walking to the bars and restaurant district in the Canal or on Shrewsbury Street? City hall? Library? Hanover Theater? the Worcester Art Museum? We already have a good Walk Score downtown. How could we make it a common and accepted practice to walk there? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/6/worcester-this-is-where-you-belong monthly 0.5 2016-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472925324945-ZB71L1I6ZG8G84IEIH2F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester: This Is Where You Belong! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/10/2/malden-rocks-and-walks monthly 0.5 2016-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472923804538-SLORGBVK9UW0K8MSU9XZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Malden Rocks and Walks Banners reading "Malden Work", "Malden Explore", "Malden Live", "Malden Work" hang from poles throughout the downtown. Here are two reasons why Malden downtown is so active and vibrant: 1) People live here in densely packed buildings. I saw high end luxury condo units, single family houses on the outskirts of the main square, tall, huge and ugly looking brick apartment buildings. There seemed to be a range of housing options from market rate to subsidized all parked downtown. 2) Transportation accessible: Downtown Malden is right on the Orange line. Malden station is just two stops away from Assembly and a short ride to downtown Boston. Everything you might want is here in downtown -- groceries, churches, the Y, the train line. I'm imagining it would be possible to live here without a car! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472923689177-YQ1UNSFQ3Y10242T2URM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Malden Rocks and Walks Brick lined sidewalks, convenient benches,, wide sidewalks, interesting shop windows, street trees make this a walking downtown. It was Sunday and I have to say that the downtown was hopping with life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472922295266-OXXIBMDGKUF2ZFGY4SN1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Malden Rocks and Walks Check out the Wayfinding signage telling pedestrians where to go and how long it takes to get there. Worcester is supposed to have its own Wayfinding program in place soon. Can you imagine how great it will be to have strategically placed signs indicating how to get to places such as Union Station, the library, the YWCA, City Hall, etc. Wow! We could step up the notch in walkability if we entice visitors to walk easily from Union Station to the Worcester Art Museum! Another cool thing about Malden's interior roads: They are narrow, allow for metered parking on the side and have designated bike lanes. Here is another difference from Worcester: Malden did not seem to raze most of its historic, pre-automobile infrastructure in an urban renewal block-destroying frenzy. So, it has probably been easier to re-create these kind of human-scaled, walkable spaces there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472924521422-61LN5N4V8J45PJSPZDGQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Malden Rocks and Walks People hanging out in a cafe on Pleasant Street. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/28/jane-jacobs-in-the-woo-nominates-crompton-place-for-strong-towns-strongest-infrastructure-project monthly 0.5 2016-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475026128482-WQ170CDJCV5WRHIUPBTC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" The space is large, the tone is relaxed, the couches are comfortable... a perfect community space. Local musicians offer free concerts in this main room at Birch Tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475015811383-KV7KKZE2OB10L0J5BS3Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" On Preservation Worcester's Canal District Walking Tour, Crompton Place (formerly Crompton Loom Works) is stop #7. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475028130279-E7ARKVU2STUCK1O7WJ8H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Parking lot is converted into a people-filled concert hall. Free concerts bring people down to the Canal District every Thursday evening in the summer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475024176348-G6ZLG1CJPZYPN7S176ZK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" View the personality of the vendor stalls in the Crompton Collective! Locals come here to pick up the unusual gift but the Crompton Collective has also emerged as a destination outing for out-of-town visitors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475028783215-W5O7ZUS5WRE2FTEYIBB0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" During the summer, South High Community School students trained as docents and interpreters, lead horse and wagons tours of the Canal District. The tours begin in the parking lot of Crompton Place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475026445407-TDP7DW71ORSGKYM4ID61/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" "Experience a little bit of Newbury Street right here in Worcester" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475155953306-8RU9FI6YAPTCOA3DSEYX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Construction of the Blackstone Heritage Corridor Visitor's Center in Worcester's Quinsigamond Village is expected to be completed by 2017. The center is one link in the chain from Union Station and the Canal District down to Providence, Rhodes Island. Dedicated bike lanes on city streets and separate bike paths link the Canal District neighborhood past this new development to Millbury, Massachusetts. The Blackstone River Bikeway, once completed, will enable bicyclists to make the 45 mile journey from Worcester's Union Station to Providence, Rhode Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475026257826-3BX2LJ7W2DRGAVLDX0A5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Gallery space for displaying the artwork of local artists. The bags of fresh bread that have just been baked will soon be sent to restaurants throughout the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475012771437-5YKOI86P5PG7S4T2EI05/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Crompton Place at 138 Green Street in the Canal District of Worcester, Massachusetts in the evening light. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475028522375-C35S294JE3LXXX3XR9SB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" A bit of creative placemaking... This mural painted on the exterior back wall of Crompton Place depicts this neighborhood's connection to the waters of the Blackstone canal and river. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475027057826-B2RO8Z0R07HVQR3K18KW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" A program run by Oak Hill Community Development Corporation to assist low and moderate income Worcester residents in purchasing and retaining a home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475073443123-3YR51ONE3X6FCEBWNAH8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Artist's rendition of the Canal District once the Canal is reopened. In 2003, the city worked with neighborhood businesses and activists to map out the stakeholders' vision of the district that included the linkage of the area to the historic Blackstone River and a feasibility study to replicate the canal along Harding Street. Public funding targeted towards this kind of infrastructure investment would serve as a catalyst to private development in the neighborhood. Providence, Rhode Island and San Antonio, Texas are just two cities that have experienced revival around waterways. Why not Worcester? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475026802770-DG61PIOHZBS5QZXUH2KW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Shave.. Cut...Style https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475017280795-YKVI5ESTTN7186VBM7T3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" The brick patio that Dino built by hand! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475024103152-5MWCZ5G1UXGY2Y2ZQT4X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Amy Lynn Chase, founder and visionary of the Crompton Collective on the first floor, has channeled her interest in quirkiness to offer over ninety vending spaces for local artists, crafters, antique and collectibles dealers. The 5000 square foot White Room serves as a community space available for weddings, special events and community happenings. In October, the Worcester Public Library foundation will be featuring an evening Celebration of Authors in the space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475025785337-OAF5SZ817YRXC55C6UVX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" One of two artisanal bread bakeries in Worcester, Birch Tree Bread Company has become a collective meeting space for many Worcesterites. Some locals will stay here for long stretches of time to work, eat bread or drink tea and coffee. Note the details of the building that have been restored - the original wooden plank floor boards, the poles and balusters and exposed duct work from the ceilings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475024368723-CIQOJEY777TAZTMX8SUU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" The new "kid on the block", Seed To Stem is another unique gift shop inspired by the two artist owners. The store features items related to the natural world such as terrariums and stone, clay, wood and plants sculptures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475027377296-XJ0EDFA5FKUNN68HD2QQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" A curated exhibit along the length of the corridor walls leading to Birch Tree Bread Company explores the history of the Blackstone Canal and its link to Worcester's successful industrial past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475074181093-C4MF9H38ZONDUDLYFSA9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Since 2000, citizen-led volunteer efforts have been directed to reviving the Canal District and advocating to re-create the canal. During the annual Canalfest, Harding Street is closed to traffic and a makeshift canal is set up (see photo) to give locals a taste of what it would be like to reopen the canal. Local residents have also organized the yearly Canal Diggers 5k Road Race. This past summer, the Water Street businesses organized a once-a-month Canal District Art Walk. The sidewalks exploded with life. Musicians jam and local artists set up displays of their work. People spill out into the sidewalks to experience the action. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1475027208431-ECR9RFQKI81FPPE4LTTH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Jane Jacobs In The Woo Nominates Crompton Place in Worcester, Massachusetts for Strong Towns "Strongest Infrastructure Project" Prepare...Invest...Retain http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/25/sipping-iced-tea-on-front-porches monthly 0.5 2016-09-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472337867320-XYRRFI4WPR5D200VM65D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sipping Iced Tea on Front Porches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472327158775-RLMM8NC1WC5C538BB6PY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sipping Iced Tea on Front Porches Many of these front porches function almost like an extra room, extending the living space to the outdoors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472327593078-USAD2SOAT0WQZK8IKQAA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Sipping Iced Tea on Front Porches Note the benches and seats on the porch. One evening, I saw the residents sitting, talking and enjoying the cool air. One of them was strumming a guitar. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/11/from-slummerville-to-somerville-sundays monthly 0.5 2016-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472911027839-R25SIPSNX0KGBATFUK4O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays The Assembly station on the orange line subway opened up in 2014. Now, this once-landlocked neighborhood offers an easy, short commute to downtown Boston. As a transit oriented development (TOD), this project is nestled near this transportation node to spearhead radiating growth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472911332777-PB2NW9AV5XOUO1Y43WXA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays This is Artisan Way, the main drag in this two T-shaped street village. Note the wide sidewalks, the benches, the street trees and plantings, the old fashioned street lamps.... all making this a walking friendly place. Bikers are welcomed here too. There are plenty of bike racks scattered throughout the development and street markings designating bicycle passages. Bikers and walkers are free to enjoy the path along the Mystic River. The streets in this development (see in photo) are human scaled with just one narrow lane in either direction. Cars are allowed to park in metered spaces on the street on the right side. This is a good example of a "complete street" where cars, bicyclists and walkers have equitable access to the road space. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472913135799-RQOZGB30I4XFWMYCJ8QX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Just across from Great River Road, one can walk or bike past the banks of the Mystic River and watch the boats and wildlife. An amphitheater and children's park with playground equipment are public spaces to enjoy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472824028232-L581GQP09EPZ24SV7EKA/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays In 2006, Assembly Square Marketplace opened with the typical national big chain tenants – Staples, Christmas Tree Store, TJ Maxx, Bed Bath and Beyond, etc. You know this kind of development – Anywhere USA, a straight long row of huge big-box stores all set back from the street with mountains of surface lot parking out in front. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472824283341-G7AK8SSP1YGBNYY6JR29/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays If you head into the Welcome Center on Canal Street, you can pick up a detailed brochure with a map listing all the stores where you can spend your money. Assembly Row is a twenty four hour, mixed use community with housing, commercial and office space. Four blocks of the development have already been completed to date but you can see the cranes and workers continuing to build out on the adjacent empty lots. In the photo above, you can see the vacant, to-be-developed lots outlined in gray. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472912180135-LIDVBP9MYBDTEERQQULX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Many of the parking garages are unobtrusively built into the fabric of this development and then, there are plenty of garages like this where there is no mistaking their function. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472912446686-O61DJY5379LTY73QEW8B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays This is the center square of the development. It's a walker paradise - beautiful brick lined sidewalks, a huge car-free space, chairs set up in the square where people are lounging, plenty of trees, plantings. In the background, one can see some of the new apartment buildings. These are not cheaply constructed affairs. If you look closely, you can see beautiful, artistic stone facings and large curved windows on the middle building. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472911724817-BUCT13HEMMCFQ3HWQYYO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Ah, but now I'm super confused! Just when you think you've found a great place accessible on foot, bike and subway, you see that this is really an auto-centric development. Here is a disguised parking garage. I love the really cool, artistic touches such as what you see here on this pole in front of the garage. Let's face it though. People are driving and parking all around here. Here is the truth about Assembly Row. This is a former industrial neighborhood that has been cut off from the rest of Somerville over the years and geographically isolated by several surrounding huge roads and highways (Route 93, Route 28 and McGrath Highway). Consequently, most people drive to get here. Joel and I biked here but we had to negotiate some harrowing, major arterials and dark underpasses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472919123029-C97UPX9O5YLI05SNFC2Q/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Most people don't realize it but traditional indoor privately owned malls are not like public open spaces. People can be escorted off the premises. So anything that makes us uncomfortable - people who display signs of mental illness or people who are asking for money-- are excluded to give us the illusion that there is no such thing as social problems in our society. I wondered if the public streets at Assembly Row were treated as public or private spaces. How mall-like was this place? What would happen if someone took out their guitar to play for money at the pedestrian plaza near JP Licks? or what would happen if someone visibly down-and-out, sat down on one of the benches on the picture-perfect street and asked for money? Would they be escorted off these premises? Joel and I came up with a huge guerrilla-theater experiment. What if we got an artist friend to create a giant life sized beggar built out of legos and we deposited him at midnight outside of Legoland in front of the giraffe pictured above? Would he be arrested and courted away by police? Would people put pennies into his lego begging cup? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472913509418-HLX9PF92GD00ZWATIRXW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays There's even a Riverfest coming up on September 10th. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472823868375-S85EEK3HQSJ5527QLH5K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Somerville is light years ahead of Worcester in buildling biking infrastructure. Dedicated bike lanes are all over the city streets. Check out what we found here -- bicylists get a head start and wait for lights in front of the cars in their own painted bike boxes. I'm reminded of the phrase labeling bike lanes as "white lanes of gentrification". Don't ever believe that having kids means you have to tool around in a mini-van. Joel bikes everywhere with his family. When they were babies, Joel transported his kids in his bike trailer. Now that they are older, the kids explore the city on their own bikes. As hard core bike activists, Joel and his partner, Lynn were instrumental in the development of converting an old railroad line to a community bike path from Davis Square in Somerville to Alewife and beyond. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472912876830-ZEWYDT2B46UH9X9TKRB6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Plenty of restaurants (some local, some chains like JP Licks)... People sitting at restaurant tables on the large sidewalks and pedestrian plazas make for an active street life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472912671209-AJKO6195HW3H0X8H05ZV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Here is the Jane Jacobs ideal of mixed use -- retail stores on ground level and apartments up above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472823246078-PPEJLAG3RVWN2HN5RL6O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - From Slummerville to Somerville Sundays Trash picking is another one of our many common interests. Wandering around the city with Joel provides an important lesson in the practice of “reuse”. An old bureau in front of an MIT dorm has some good boards to use. Washers, old cell phone cases, a wet and dirty shirt may very well end up in one of Joel’s bike baskets to bring home. He found this like-new recumbent bicycle tossed out in the trash and rescued it to become one of his primary modes of transportation in the city. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/29/the-footbridge-to-nowhere-worcester monthly 0.5 2016-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1473870068912-E4B90IE42FQZ3AOZZEPP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Skybridge to Nowhere Worcester http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/11/major-taylor-boulevard-a-wasted-opportunity monthly 0.5 2016-09-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472325619255-0JW5J8PKYRRT0QSGEZXD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Major Taylor Boulevard: A Wasted Opportunity This is Vassar Street in Cambridge that we featured in this blog in July. We could have turned Major Taylor Boulevard into something awesome like this where cars, walkers and bicyclists have safe access to moving down the street. Guests to our city have advised us to put some of our major arterials on "road diets." We missed our opportunity now on Major Taylor Boulevard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472324486073-RVBQBVMNHTB8A49UYLOD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Major Taylor Boulevard: A Wasted Opportunity I waited to see where the painted lane lines would go. Guess what? The lines were still in the very same place they were before the road was re-done! It still remains a six lane "freeway" right in the downtown -- so wide that it remains difficult to cross on foot and unsafe to traverse on a bicycle. Some questions: DPW, where is the community input on how the road was re-designed? Where is the imagination of what this road could have become and how it could have been re-designed to work for everyone - car drivers, walkers, bus riders, bicyclists? Also, check out the median strip made completely of desolate-looking concrete. Wouldn't walkers be more enticed if we added grass or plantings here? If we want to have more pedestrian activity, we need to create a more aesthetically appealing experience for people who prefer to walk. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/4/a-cuppa-with-andre-leroux monthly 0.5 2016-09-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472310198107-6166SAVRSKT8CB9O32RP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Cuppa with... Andre Leroux http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/9/1/whats-next-for-jane-jacobs-in-the-woo monthly 0.5 2016-09-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1472316496196-4PF0PTJY2P5I9XPWXHHG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - What's Next For Jane Jacobs In The Woo? Isn't this a great image? Maybe the woman on the wall is saying, "Oy Vay! I'm going to cry if you don't get me out of this surface parking lot. Don't fence me in. Let's walk, bike or build a trolley up and down Main Street." What do you think she is thinking? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/8/17/two-planning-paradigms-canal-district monthly 0.5 2016-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1470671375310-HIO25LG0JX4OFJEXQDI3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal Which direction will we take in the Canal District? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1470672922721-DMQJPJCRQ8DT2N96USKK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal The Canal District is quickly becoming Worcester's hotspot for eating and drinking. The future challenge for the Canal District is to maintain enough diversity of uses (housing, restaurants, retail, commercial, industrial) to offset an over-saturation of drinking destinations. A healthy district must have a balanced mix of reasons to be on the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1471017230122-3BQUMHJQLG08IYB8GY6F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal This parking lot is for the people (!) at a summer evening Wednesday music concert outside of Crompton Place. Note the mural on the left side depicting this neighborhood's link to the industrial history of the Blackstone River canal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1470672685088-RFM4FT5KG105WWVNDZI3/Canal-Lofts-Apartments-Worcester-MA-photo-01.jpg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal Jane Jacobs applauds the creative reuse of former industrial buildings such as turning the Chevalier Furniture factory into the Canal Loft apartments. Converting these historical assets into housing also creates a 24 hour neighborhood where people actually live, walk their dogs, frequent the nearby stores, restaurants and bars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1471021214720-2RUOV487Z0VOJCNVGIWG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal An artistic rendition of the anticipated hockey rink project in the Canal District. It's great to have transparent windows linking the interior to the neighborhood in the front of this building. The concern is that at least two of the exterior walls will have no windows resulting in a deadened street life on those sides. Winter Street will be one of the recipients of an almost block long dead wall, rendering this main street unappealing to pedestrian traffic. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1470673363205-V6LZKI9VFZZ98XXTEFBJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal Canal District Art Walk on Water Street every third Tuesday evening this summer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1471571203060-VSVKQNVL32COKSVXD4WD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal Artist's rendition of the Canal District once the Canal is replicated. Public funding targeted towards this kind of infrastructure investment would serve as a catalyst to private development in the neighborhood. Providence, Rhode Island and San Antonio, Texas are just two cities that have experienced revival around waterways. Why not Worcester? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1471020592239-YIGSH1WYP21ORSMVOIWW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal The brick patio that Dino built one brick at a time! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1471020967286-I6LD6SDH1BDQ1Z1K8VC1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Battle Over the Directional Heart of the Canal Compare Dino's solo building of the patio with the cataclysmic pace of development of the hockey rink down the street. One hallmark of a "Robert Moses" type project is the clear cutting of large tracts of land for a single use facility. Sniff out where the bulldozers are most active! This summer, this whole city block was cleared to make room for the new hockey rink venue. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/8/23/ode-to-the-worcester-parking-garage monthly 0.5 2016-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468866912727-MJ6MNLF5SXCF30MPVMOV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage Worcester's invitation: Come down and PARK!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422715399-YPR82S5ROYSWXY99K93T/IMG_0234.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422734055-SYAZK3NH7I0OHDLD5GE2/IMG_0236.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422746480-P83SXYY3YRAO8KZJNUP9/IMG_0604.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422759178-W1FDA7LNEIQ3GK4BGUN2/IMG_0607.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422805191-QF5X5Z8U4DZ8G9G19VGF/IMG_0831.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422817866-XZUDUPYCMHBVRXZ0OH2N/IMG_0840.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422831833-1J4ZI8H6W0JRK3JXYVFL/IMG_0874.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422845086-HW96GIBXMFC4GFBVIX1Q/IMG_0880.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468422995847-X83NEDR3P7QQUFJC0ZSJ/IMG_0881.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468423012609-CZC924RLRH1L9QK88DH0/IMG_0901.JPG Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468866473754-BR6SWAJ7GVCGD53LT5YV/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Ode to the Worcester Parking Garage How can we raze large parcels of our physical infrastructure for these kinds of surface level parking lots? Here's another way to think about this mistake: Who enjoys Provincetown in the summer? Who also knows how difficult it is to park there? But can you imagine the residents and businesses addressing this "problem" with tearing down a couple of blocks of its buildings? Of course not! It is density, the interesting and eclectic packed uses within buildings that draw people to the center in the first place! We can't destroy what potentially draws people to an area. People find a way to get to Provincetown despite the challenge to find parking. They walk, take the ferry, bike, park outside the downtown and take the bus to the center. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/8/9/report-card-on-50-years-worcester-urban-development-its-robert-moses-time monthly 0.5 2016-09-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468370640624-NC7384KQTIGKPNMHTLTK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Aahh, but WBDC, here is the thing: If the answer is downtown, what really, truly is the question!!? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468462846699-UT2IEVUH4B6O8PNQ3QT1/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Here is the Commercial Street side of the DCU Center. The main entrance is on the opposite side so I'm thinking that all these locked doors I am passing are only meant for emergency exit? In any event, it's been about 45 minutes. I'm in downtown Worcester and I might have passed by 3 people so far on this walk. Even Worcester Wares on this side is not open around 10:30 on a Tuesday morning. I love cities for the active street life, the people watching, the spontaneous interaction and conversation. None of that here in the heart of downtown during the weekday. Help me! I think I'm having an existential crisis in the middle of the city this morning. Send out some reinforcements. I'm so lonely out here! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468463121092-KL4CM16GJLH3NS4A7F9S/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Forget the DCU Center on Commercial Street. What really drew me were some of the older buildings, a tiny hint of Jane Jacobs in this lonely space. Check out Exchange Place across the street - the brick sidewalks, the storefronts with decorated awnings and up above, it looks like there are offices or apartments. Now here is bit of mixed use in a sea of single use mega projects. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468463318475-0J2VHDZ1RL1JA1VSL7PN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Even this pedestrian plaza on the last side of this block of a building is absolutely empty. Maybe I should come back at lunch time in an hour? Would the seats in this area possibly fill up during lunch? I'm a bit skeptical but maybe that happens. Oh and there is the garage in the background. We can just get back in our cars and drive away. Before or after the Sting concert, why would anyone walk around in this surrounding neighborhood anyway? It is probable that visitors come from out of town, park in the Major Taylor Municipal Lot, enter the building for the concert, exit and then leave. How does the DCU Center as a development project ever enhance the street life of our city? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468460974265-AQSNXTXMDUX5X8PTW24B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Welcome to the DCU Center and try not to trip on this sidewalk! We have a good start here - plenty of windows, access doors out on to the sidewalk and the building faces the main street! Hooray!! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468462195710-V6P086UN0DRIHBRZCUCP/IMG_0857.JPG Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time This is a HUGE city block and there is a very small nod to mixed use. On the Foster Street side, Figs & Pigs is a very cool locally owned "micro-eatery" using fresh, local ingredients. Having outside patio dining on the sidewalk is a great way to add to the sidewalk life in this area. Great job! We should all go out and support this business that is the only ray of light on this long, lonely walk. On the third side of this mega-building, I found the entrance to Worcester Wares, another good locally owned business selling products that sells "everything Worcester". I noticed open hours for this business are very limited so foot traffic on this side will also be limited. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468461314034-DZIPHZTFA2MT9IOR7KCK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Oh, how great is this! Sting and Peter Gabriel were here in Worcester on July 2nd. I'm serious. I love this music! But, let's think about the streets here. People will pass by these sidewalks on the way to the concert and several hours later, they will leave and probably go to their cars. That's probably about 2 hours of heavy sidewalk traffic on this particular day. The rest of the 24 hours, all will be quiet here as I'm experiencing it now. On the days when nothing is scheduled at the DCU Center, we have this whole city block that is essentially asleep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468435084532-CSR9XG3WMOGAQYK34WVF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time We begin our tour at the main door of Saint Vincent Hospital. Remember we saw this same model before at the library and the YWCA where the development faces its parking lot and turns its back on the main street on the opposite side of the structure? Again, the message is clear: This is a building you will drive to, enter, do your business and then leave to your car. The development model also kills off the street life on the other side of the huge facility. Saint Vincent Hospital is primarily a single use building and city block. You are most likely only going to enter if you are sick or if you work with the sick. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468461094794-S3QD9DZJR5DMS8XD5ZZK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time We're walking up towards Foster Street and as you can see, I'm the only one on this whole sidewalk. Indeed, I haven't encountered anyone on this side of the street for the past 10 minutes.It's almost eerily dead! It's about 10:30 AM on a weekday morning and no one is in sight. Remember what we learned from Jane Jacobs: There needs to be continuous reasons for people to be out and about on the sidewalks. The DCU Center is primarily a single use venue and the only reason someone has to be out here is to go to a concert or other event inside this building. Otherwise, this whole block is dead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468435791927-GPKEE11GDT8YGSTT8UBK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time At the other entrance on the corner of Foster Street and Major Taylor Boulevard, there is a bit of "mixed use" thrown in - a nail and hair salon, a dry cleaner, a couple of restaurants. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468460631766-DT6RTRVK9NMC1A61N2DU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time If you are able to cross the street, you will find the Major Taylor Boulevard Municipal Garage. There is a tiny nod to the idea of "mixed use" with the storefront restaurant Mezcal Cantina on the lower level, but it is hard to disguise this parking complex. Most people who attend events across the street at the DCU Center will park here. It is the typical, park-enter building- exit and leave" kind of project, but where else would someone have to go to walk around here? Let's take a breath and try to get to the other side of this highway type of road to go over to the DCU Center. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468436156323-V7U3OOF1NZVYF88TFAPC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time Only one problem: The entrance in the last photo is primarily the only point of access into and out of the hospital for this entire large block. At the end of the block is another emergency entrance down a long driveway that is primarily accessible for cars and ambulances, not necessarily pedestrians. Although there are plenty of good windows along the facade, there are no doors. Consequently, there is no reason to walk along the full block length of this whole sidewalk. The entire side along the main thoroughfare is dead - nowhere to walk and nothing really to see. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468435536652-PV9WHSAH0BGQFIRCFZYG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time You don't even have to hit a city sidewalk to exercise. 7.5 times around this interior"park" makes for a mile. Look! You can even find trees in here. You don't have to go outside at all! Everything about this project is drawing you inside the four walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468436058704-TAWPK0TDKIV2BSJQWHPB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time It's a key plus to have this second main entrance linking to the rest of downtown. This entrance is large and inviting and welcoming on the corner of Major Taylor and Foster. Good job. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468461739975-UF18DLY8BC7LK2FUH5BR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time I counted 27 doors leading into this facility. All of them were locked, of course, because nothing is happening here right now. It's the middle of the workday. This block is lifeless - no street traffic, no signs of pedestrian life, nothing. I'm walking around this building and I am all alone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468435907858-YIK2TT4I0A4N275B67IL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Report Card on 50 Years Worcester Urban Development: It's Robert Moses Time But this second main entrance facing downtown is closed after 8 pm. I guess the city is fairly dead by that time so why keep the one door open that is the gateway to downtown? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/8/7/on-kindness-and-blogging monthly 0.5 2016-08-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467557338908-U1OMMYPHR7CPXO0FHNO4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - On Kindness and Blogging Jane Jacobs in the Woo adheres to the practice of "right speech." http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/8/4/city-living-its-not-all-kumbaya monthly 0.5 2016-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467576006693-11Y1QE2MG4B6XT794SA5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya Often caught in a 1989 time warp.... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467574472373-Q7D7SGJHXO96KJLY309F/image-asset.png Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467574695525-KFZPVSKS38O05AYX7PCR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya Janine played the role of the prosecuting attorney in our "who stole Meesh's rabbit?" Halloween skit. Hell! I would have been terrified too if she interrogated me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467575743082-VZXBVGZ11SGZJHJAG9A8/20160630081748_00006.jpg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467575776677-I13XTB49ATT0O19D771Q/20160630081748_00007.jpg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467575797496-OE83BQCO7OC7FU8Y873Z/20160630081748_00008.jpg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467575822766-PA3TPO8XW6ZEQOBYJ8WQ/20160630081748_00009.jpg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467574982198-7FM0EOH9E3A2EP8N8W10/image-asset.jpeg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya Ashford Street was a way station for visitors from all over the world. Sacha and I became fast friends when we lived on a kibbutz in Israel. Once his parents who were visiting, sprung us from the kibbutz. I remember our driving through the Israeli, Judean hills with his family from England listening to American country music on the car stereo. Surreal! Later on, Sacha sent me tape he compiled of the music of The Judds to remind me of this adventure. He came to visit me on Ashford Street for a month. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467574859486-1XYK42RWVDOR49X0DE75/image-asset.jpeg Blog - City Living, It's Not All Kumbaya Don taught me everything I know about dumpster diving. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/6/25/its-time-to-clean-the-toilets-kids monthly 0.5 2016-08-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466887641772-QSESV7K9EQV6Y7GGZK65/image-asset.gif Blog - It's Time To Clean The Toilets, Kids I want to design a bumper sticker that sports an image of Gandhi carrying his ashram’s chamber pots and that proudly declares, “I clean my own toilet.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466887087704-BW1RILOMAL1PXA2HUNU4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - It's Time To Clean The Toilets, Kids http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/24/woovoice-9-eve-rifkah-poet monthly 0.5 2016-08-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466282162055-JUPMUDV1FSBEE7C88Y53/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #9: Eve Rifkah, Poet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468459859816-98SRFX4QW2R5VTW0TQAL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #9: Eve Rifkah, Poet http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/28/the-last-minyan-of-shaarai-torah-east-conclusion monthly 0.5 2016-08-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467940104727-COE8CEW0TXJPJ0989III/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Conclusion The last minyan no longer prayed in the opulent sanctuary upstairs. They met in this cozy room downstairs converted into a small prayer space. Photo courtesy of Worcester Historical Musuem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467939642191-6O5ZX0T2KHBFA0MHD25H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Conclusion Does anyone remember my good friend, Jack Pearl? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467940294148-IOTXIGZE7S020EN7Z2VP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Conclusion Shaarai Torah during the golden years when the synagogue was packed full. Jack once showed me some photos of people laughing and sitting in the social hall and said, “It was a great organization but like everything else that passed on. I look at these pictures now of people that used to come to these affairs and 90% of them are gone. I know this one just died, used to be a chicken dealer. Cohen, gone.” http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/27/the-last-minyan monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467482797547-3GN6RT8RYIT0LEEXMA8L/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 Shaarai Torah East at 32 Providence Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467941527337-T7SK8PWWG9ME3GTDR14K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 An interior shot of the holy sanctuary of Shaarai Torah. Courtesy of Worcester Historical Musuem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467941597452-9S0ABGHVRFTTFG2W5Y8G/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 Aahh... that window and how the light shone through it pooling its yellow on the floor below. Photo courtesy of Worcester Historical Musuem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467941893542-A4WA7RLIXUJLA8B2SHM8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 Jack always held court at the table to the left of the front door of the Broadway. Egg beaters was his usual breakfast and he mourned the fact that he could no longer partake in the cholesterol laden Sunday breakfasts. He cooked them but for his health, he no longer ate them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467941225320-2B3XLHA5X907ZIU0KWRH/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 At the end of Shabbat after sunset on Saturdays, I was told that Water Street was so packed with people that one could barely move. Photo courtesy of Worcester Historical Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467941349061-TEYCK58OPCPT1M2YKKS7/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Last Minyan of Shaarai Torah East, Part 1 By the time I moved to the neighborhood in 1995, the Jews had already migrated to the west side and to outlying suburbs. Only a handful of Jewish stores remained on Water Street. There were little hints of the past though if one looked closely. Note the Hebrew lettering on this former synagogue in the neighborhood that had now become a church. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/23/the-two-urban-planning-paradigms-in-the-canal-district monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468375318547-XH4ACZG8AY8FG8QZC7TG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street The parking lot seems to go on and on and on.... Once, this block was probably a mix of residential and commercial spaces, densely packed, bringing vitality to the street. This important density was razed to build this parking lot. Now, we have asphalt and temporary housing for cars. People drive here, park, eat their fish and then probably leave, detracting from the vitality of this neighborhood. The Sole is closed now and consequently, this whole city block is essentially dead. Also, please note that you will see this pattern over and over and over again. The front door to the Sole doesn't face Highland Street, does it? No, the Sole is closed to the main drag and fronts onto its huge parking lot. The expectation is clear: Diners will drive there, enter and then exit to their cars. We pointed out this model at the library and the YWCA as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468340418095-IZX47F0Y9PDFBSAYOUXE/IMG_0908.JPG Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468340444146-RVRJWEYGZ8ULT6YE2EZ0/IMG_0902.JPG Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468375882643-VT18LQB4I45XUVSL0W6Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street This same model (retail on the street level and homes/offices above) is also apparent across the street from the Sole as well. One can see some pedestrians along the sidewalk. There are places to go and things to do and see here on this side of the street. You can stop off for a cup of coffee, go to the convenience store to pick up a newspaper, buy a juice and talk with Dante and Martha at their Pure Juz shop around the corner, get a haircut or just head back to your apartment upstairs or around the corner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468376146231-NF1OJDCORLK8BW102GTW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street On this side of the street, one has many reasons to be out and about on the sidewalk. If you sit and observe the outside scene for a spell, you will also notice that when pedestrians get to the block of the Sole, many will cross the street to the other side. Why? Maybe it is in our psychology to want to be in safely, dense interesting spaces. Who wants to pass by a parking lot, whether empty or filled with cars outside the Sole? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468375274882-DLH2OILJZGBCBZFC8VFN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - How the Sole Destroys the Soul on Highland Street http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/21/if-you-lived-here-youd-be-home-by-now-will-it-be-the-west-end-or-the-north-end monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901981268-0HH67YHADDYXJRKBAX2Z/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Then we got hungry again and ate some more pizza! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901778572-JTEM8L7U467Q4J92DE0Z/IMG_0538.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901810836-0SMW12MC0LMC2SOLLJF2/IMG_0518.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901833217-MB7SND8H3JLPPQ9J36ZU/IMG_0546.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901855335-NJ2KIUP2FZ4JKDT35QUF/IMG_0540.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900286170-IZ66NR6ABGZ6BJHKSJ19/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? These men were hanging out, drinking coffee at the shop selling gelato and cappuccino. We asked them where the best pizza in town would be. One of the men in his thick Italian accent, told us to go across the street to a pizzeria where the locals go. I'll bet these men have known each other for years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898297272-7EUAP8PEGBH9I38GXESR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Charles River Park is walkable within the interior of the complex. Note the pedestrian walkways adjacent to open space areas with grass, plantings and trees. This complex is primarily composed of large skyscraper residential buildings ringed by outer highways and inner pedestrian corridors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900416274-ZJSOMH5ILPXAHGRY9T2B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? It was indeed very good pizza! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466897411706-CQ50Y686W9MEEJ6MKZC5/IMG_0706.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466897445902-9D2PZEL7XZL2ZLUVN0J1/IMG_0453.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898449113-8TC3X5DX7TTBC2WSIT6D/image-asset.png Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? We only noticed a tiny bit of mixed use. Most of the superblocks are comprised of residential towers, parking lots and recreational uses (pool, tennis, basketball courts). Here is a dry cleaner, nail salon and small restaurant, the only retail we saw in the interior of the complex during our long walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900872845-F72V22BD06F7IMI9Y7T6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? In case you forget that this is an Italian neighborhood... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898777635-JPSES2EHBFPLA321PIOL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? In our blog post regarding Robert Moses' model, we declared the emphasis on low density. However, even though there is so much open space in this project, one could claim that there is high vertical density here. These high rise towers really pack in the people living there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466899805181-HO28VCXS9G2IAPIYS5A9/image-asset.png Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Our visit began as we exited the Haymarket subway station, just a one minute walk to the North End. It was a Saturday and we were greeted by a full block of stalls, merchants selling fruits, vegetables, fish, meat and spices at the outdoor historic market (Haymarket) that happens every Friday and Saturday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898839897-2AYVRN75YG2AEJMR4CF2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Oh my! More memories are coming to me of a later time. So, the strategy really did work. Suburbanites did start to ditch the houses and expansive lawns for exciting life in the city. When I was in high school, Leslie Woron's mom left her marriage and home in Brookline for the exciting arts life in Boston. Leslie lived here with her. The father of my best friend, Lauren Slater, left the huge mansion in Newton to set up his bachelor pad here. He was often away and Lauren had the key! We renamed her dad's place, "the bachelorette pad" and had a grand time using her dad's credit account at the convenience store around the corner. We would load up on Tab and Pepperidge Farm chocolate cake, order pizza in, dream up schemes of going to visit Washington, DC or make prank phone calls. We were two teenagers without any adult supervision who always found a way to get into a bit of trouble, but that is a story for another day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900987608-3CDERH1KBLHKNIX8MB7R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Note the very narrow streets. This neighborhood was built way before cars were even invented. Here, the pedestrians rule! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466907220343-59MQE1V03X174288UPU2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? I smell the whiff of gentrification! There is a high demand for housing in these kind of Jane Jacobs' type of neighborhoods. People are drawn to living in a place where you can reach everything you need by foot and where there are signs of active street life, but the demand is outrunning the supply. We stopped in front of a neighborhood real estate office. A studio apartment in the North End is going here for $1875 a month! Who can afford this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898513263-EVPL2S73LD2FHI76TL3J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Parking lots on the outer rings show how auto-centric this project was from the beginning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900474700-5DF95AJQJQIDGPGOI4YP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? This is a classic example of Jane Jacobs type of mixed use - retail on the first floor and residential units up above. Note the small scale of the buildings. There are no skyscraper towers in this neighborhood as there are in Charles River Park. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898657668-ASDBXRPI19IGZOD4B2G8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Tennis courts next to high rise provide recreational amenities for the wealthy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466899052056-639TW2KOSUD3LL2JXJ7N/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? In case you want to remember what this neighborhood looked like before urban renewal, you can see photos of the West End displayed at the Science Park "T" Station. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898700779-22BQJGYTIHDOW9A8S56X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? In case you forget that this is indeed private property and poor people are not allowed here... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900782294-DDYT5L14WHFZ9IO077K2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? In just a square mile, you can find anything you need - clothes, restaurants, schools, churches. We even saw a small college and a performing arts center as we meandered the narrow streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901603940-V4U4GABYM3CHI74AKEKI/IMG_0535.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901653067-SJ4L4N4VXT9RNZX4CZOY/IMG_0551.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901700252-T60BM5RD97J8XCLNI35N/IMG_0549.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900581172-F6AGQHWYWIL88NHWS8OT/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? This photo was taken directly across from the Paul Revere House. This is a neighborhood for walkers and bikers as you can clearly see from the "no parking" sign above the image of walkers and the bicycle tied to the pole below. Check out the sunbathers in the pedestrian plaza in the center of the square and the streets lined with old brick cobblestones. All throughout this dense, mixed use neighborhood, you will see the storefronts on the first floor and the residential units above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901069930-0X776EM9V1OFUYT9FVAB/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Streets here are wide enough for one lane of traffic and a parking lane. Everywhere there are signs painted on the road indicating roads are designated for bike travel. This is not just a tourist neighborhood. Real people live here. Note the laundromat for neighborhood residents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901230554-D9O51LZULCPM4DO15AL9/IMG_0478.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901247849-3DLXPJ6C4FLU2TG46CAP/IMG_0520.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901272178-KLQI8H9L97LOM0WT3CRT/IMG_0522.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466901293044-J132B1F3N38M0DTC038X/IMG_0526.JPG Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900180393-Z6IMSHT45TX0EOEZ39C3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Streets are crowded with pedestrians. There are so many "eyes on the street" that residents tell us that they are never afraid even walking around at night. Notice the brick trail laying out the route of the Freedom Trail and the young man playing his violin for change. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466898201769-8WAJQSSC3BON4MJ27YYK/image-asset.png Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? I'm getting a memory of swimming at this complex pool club. Did I go here with Lois when we were best friends in fifth grade? Living here was like living in an exclusive country club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466900121884-ODOKD1W15Q0TB8NHFV1B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - North End or Former West End: Where Would You Rather Live or Visit? Bikes everywhere and bikes to share and rent too http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/17/a-tale-of-two-urban-planning-paradigms monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466885758825-8V4NKT4BKRL4HAM7AQRC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Tale of Two Urban Planning Paradigms A potential indicator of a Robert Moses type urban renewal project is when whole city blocks are razed at one time. Look for where the bulldozers are most active! This photo was taken at the current construction City Square site. Instead of a gradual approach to development and the infusion of what Jacobs calls "gradual money", these projects have a startling, cataclysmic impact on a city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1467027329148-54GXXJPCWLOOE78TEF2E/image-asset.png Blog - A Tale of Two Urban Planning Paradigms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466885999916-FWCTTUROGM3NCSKVBO1K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Tale of Two Urban Planning Paradigms Following the bulldozers, we find the same Robert Moses development model happening in the canal district. Currently, this whole block is being razed for the building of the upcoming hockey rink. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466885207042-VDTXD6VII5YEKFOAU1NL/Robert_Moses_with_Battery_Bridge_model.jpg Blog - A Tale of Two Urban Planning Paradigms https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466885228544-KR4V82D6V8Q4VKQX9JQA/janejacobs.jpg Blog - A Tale of Two Urban Planning Paradigms http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/12/a-biking-walking-dream-in-cambridge monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1468337938381-SPD6I78OT9GRGLQNAOKC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Biking-Walking Dream in Cambridge The right side of this brick lined elevated sidewalk is dedicated to pedestrians and the left side is for bicycles only. Same set-up for bikers and walkers is on the other side of the street. Note the presence of tree plantings on the street edge. Up further, I saw perennial plantings on the edge of the sidewalks towards the building fronts. The street here has two traffic lines in opposite directions and two lanes for parking. This street was at one time probably more like a speedway. Think Mill Street or Major Taylor Boulevard, Worcester! Look how a street can be converted to slow traffic and increase the access for bikers and walkers so that the street becomes a public way! http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/6/18/worcester-what-could-we-do-with-a-can-of-paint monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466284019169-7X12LHSIJHN0ZFEYYEKL/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester, What Could We Do With A Can of Paint? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/6/3/a-worcester-walking-worship-with-dan monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465005175960-T4AJAHOEDE8WUKXOX2IY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden You can see these walkers on Main Street across from the Hanover Theater crossing Chatham Street. They waited awhile to get that light after hitting the walking button. In the area that has frequent pedestrian activity such as this, you can have automatic walk intervals to allow pedestrians to cross and make pedestrian activity more predictable. In fact, if the light on Main Street is green, walkers could have an automatic signal to cross. Technical terms for this kind of signaling is called, "concurrent pedestrian phase." Changing these signals could make a huge impact on the walkability of the city. Here is one more idea about making walking more pleasant on our city streets. Let's just stop the current "Barnes Dance" pedestrian scrambles. If you are a walker, you know this kind of signaling. You press the light, wait and wait until the signal is given and all directions of intersection traffic stop for the pedestrians. The problem: Both walkers and drivers are frustrated with the wait they are forced to endure because of this signaling. You know the drill. Press the button. Wait and wait and wait. Get impatient. Try to cross anyway. Cross. Light changes. All cars are stopped but you have already crossed so the traffic in all four directions stop for no reason. Frustration! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464988082259-OWOJR83AR2GFWMYNT5CE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden For this walking audit, our group asked ourselves, "how can we make Worcester more friendly to walkers and bikers?" Let's design a Worcester for people, not cars. Dan brought his measuring tape with him and we set out from Union Station towards city hall. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465004721309-3HLXAUZMQ8V7ORIU6283/IMG_0440.JPG Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465004744767-Y0VYTADUJU0BEHNFLE56/IMG_0441.JPG Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464988792257-VQ9LLDA6SWAE4LBU4HW8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden These kind of buttons for pedestrian crossings are the way of the dinosaurs. Get with the times, Worcester. Dan suggests we ditch these buttons in the areas we want to be pedestrian rich zones. Our lights can be on automatic sixty second cycles to give the pedestrians and cars shared turns for movement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464987938630-OWMHVYOKYMMJBHYOP2WE/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465005014122-N1RBIXESCRT23CSRJN4X/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden Look at how three lanes of one way traffic on Chestnut Street cross straight onto Pleasant. This is a street in dire need of a road diet! We could definitely cut this down to one lane of traffic and then Dan suggested we think of diagonal parking on either side. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464989056067-KFC685GZRTM7RHNSTSQ5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden This part of the street works well - just one lane in either direction, small and human scaled, large sidewalks, but what is going on with this huge light fixture? It's heavy looking and probably very expensive and check out the security cameras on top. The streetscape here may call for ditching the light altogether and putting a "stop" sign on the corner of Commercial and Front Streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464989463282-PZP8WOXXN12JPXS2AQVG/IMG_0430.JPG Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464989488831-X39Y5ODAOE8EF2INA3QN/IMG_0431.JPG Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465005508927-VR51KHQ036TQES8MZJ0E/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden This tunnel feels unsafe, noisy and dirty but tunnels can be potential places of interest with widened sidewalks and art painted on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465005266423-EO993LL7N5PCSCTHQ7RG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden This alley behind the Hanover theater is just begging to be made into something incredible! This could be a fantastic pedestrian walk through. Imagine clearing the space of dumpsters, paving the area with interesting cobblestones and making the space a point of interest. We could have seating there, maybe a restaurant. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464990204978-YS1KO1KMVLUNQ5ZYITQS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden This plaza in front of city hall works well here. In fact, Dan gave this whole area an A. We have retail down here, the functions of city hall, this pedestrian plaza, the historic buildings. This is the heart... right here. Now, we just have to increase the housing so people are living here and the area does not go to sleep after the workday. The walkscore is probably high here where we are standing. His suggestion for improvement: The intersection at Main Street and Pleasant Street might be a good candidate for removing the lights altogether to provide shared space use of cars, bikers and walkers. Look up seven dials in England, he suggested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465004614545-GIJLNTHHVJ6RRGAJ0LJW/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden City Manager Ed Augustus met us outside of city hall to hear Dan's assessment of the downtown. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464988248574-GWEJR5L96QRNF4YY6W7D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden Our first stop was on the sidewalk next to the street for buses to turn into the station. We saw a bus careening in to the turn! See! Dan took out his measuring tape. This road is 32 feet, way too wide and made for speed. A good, safe road will have car lanes measuring around 10 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464988431114-6BGQZ17LZL5L0E8J8QNF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Worcester Walking Workshop with Dan Burden At least we can walk from Union Station to downtown now. That is a major improvement. There is no longer a parking garage and mall in the way, but Major Taylor Boulevard functions like a highway. We could get the traffic through even if this road was cut down to two lanes. Wider roads make it harder for pedestrians to find the time to cross. At this crucial intersection at the corner of Front and Foster Streets, Dan suggested we might consider a roundabout, the same kind of streetscape in front of Union Station. " Hey", Dan asked, "Where are the signs telling us where to go and how long it will take to get there?" Pedestrian friendly cities have signage to help the walker find his or her way. One member of our group mentioned that Worcester will be developing better signage this year through a comprehensive wayfinding program. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/10/woovoice-8-jerry-powers-walk-bike-advocate monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465436660250-FWTTCMI4JX70TI8QG9U1/image-asset.png Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Across the new courthouse on Main Street, these parking lots are like "dentures in a smile." Who wants to walk past this? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466009822115-RXHEI36BGHW4B338B8PF/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Jerry and I checked out the route of his envisioned bike path. The path would begin at Beaverbrook Parkway near Lovell Street. See here that Beaverbrook is covered up with brush and weeds on the right of the photo. This road near Thayer Street is a private road. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466010043747-99IYS3EHNYJLWA31P1M6/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Jerry's bike path would extend towards Foley Stadium and skirt around it towards Pleasant Street. See Newton Hill towering in the background. The path could be go all the way to its entrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465435089549-U1PRD9PR58DR7PDY9XQN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466009284781-S7WFRB8LL6G12D97JNTC/IMG_0667.JPG Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466009301306-5PAWAPY0YJ3PLQVGUOR6/IMG_0669.JPG Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466009115942-WC7GES01ICK4VBMYYIHI/image-asset.png Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Water Street in a quiet moment. One can see the designated bike lanes on the street and the mature street trees on the sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465435870708-424RFE44SLJRH5J82LLX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Bilevel sidewalks are the city's answer to ADA requirements of having a slope graded no more than 2%. These sidewalks split into two levels and place bollards to prevent people from falling off the first level. These sidewalks make it impossible for wheel chair mobility since handicap vans are forced to drop their ramps right up to the bollards. The only way to have ramp access is for the vans to move out into the street. Walk bike advocates are urging the city to apply for a waiver or raise the street up eight inches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466009966322-2DOYVDF4GGLUCV5P8582/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #8: Jerry Powers, Walk-Bike Advocate Then we head towards May Street and continue past the Big Y over towards the Beaverbrook playgrounds. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/7/7/urban-renewal-as-negro-removal-before-plumley-there-was-laurel-clayton monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466275046360-BUGX68K5ZN5NH5GVCD0D/image-asset.png Blog - Urban Renewal as "Negro Removal": Before Plumley, There was Laurel-Clayton So, this is what became of Laurel/Clayton. Plumley Village is primarily a single use project providing primarily residential housing. 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Levittown, the classic prototype of growing suburbs post World War II, provided little houses of ticky tack for the mass exodus of predominantly white people leaving the cities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466267823339-B1WIQ374LHLLQKGPICT0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Root Reason Downtown Worcester Died (It's Not What You Think!) Symbol #2 of the automobilization of Worcester: The Worcester Center Galleria completed in 1971, greeted train passengers with a HUGE parking garage. Now, there was no pedestrian access from Union Station to the core of downtown. The mall was ringed by Foster Street widened into a four lane "highway" that was almost impossible to cross. The message was clear: This city was now going to be designed for cars, not pedestrians or train goers. The mall also helped kill the street life in the rest of downtown. Now, people could drive, shop and then leave without ever stepping foot on a downtown outdoor sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1466267150169-H1XR5PY7B5PPGH1AKUD3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - The Root Reason Downtown Worcester Died (It's Not What You Think!) Symbol #1 of how the car took over Worcester: Route 290 completed in 1970 symbolically towers over Union Station! In his book, The Worcester Account, S.N. Behrman described how Union Stations was the locus of activity and hub of incoming and outgoing train trips especially during World War II when soldiers left and returned home. By 1974, the station was closed to passengers and fell into disrepair until its renovation in 2000. Yes, the train station was closed for over twenty five years! Route 290 completed finally in 1970, promoted the use of private automobiles and won the day in the transportation competition. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/6/23/midtown-mall-a-diamond-in-the-rough monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465438055195-SM26LOJZVVJTMWC0ZB7I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Midtown Mall as a Diamond in the Rough: Let's Stop the Patronizing Attitude https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465668916146-DTOXO2X5FN8LBX90PA2H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Midtown Mall as a Diamond in the Rough: Let's Stop the Patronizing Attitude Check out the hours of worship. 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The building entrance fronts right onto the sidewalk. Plenty of windows on each level of the building greet people on the street. The peachy tan color and little interesting architectural details on the façade make it pleasing to the eye. The building functions as a human scaled space, not an overpowering structure taking up a whole block. Ask yourself: Would you rather walk past this building or say, Medical City or the DCU Center on Major Taylor Boulevard? http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/30/woovoice-7-george-opoku-barber-at-midtown-mall monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464628012972-JV4VYXSRW5QTKL1IRLA0/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #7: George Opoku, Barber at Midtown Mall Fufu and peanut soup https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464627747209-T2NAR0F1PBQCEO2EZQKK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #7: George Opoku, Barber at Midtown Mall George told me to ask for "Big Shoe" at the restaurant, Anokye Krom at Millbury Street. 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Drive, enter, do what you do, leave and drive away. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465670233751-B2BZZ6SQUVQHAQ43JG27/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester Library Redesign: A Recipe for Enlivening Downtown The same model and the same story is happening here right next door at the YWCA. Great programming is happening here but the building faces onto the parking lot. The consequence: Most people enter the Y, do what they do, exit, get in their cars and leave. 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How incredible is this! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465670455199-16UQXFRZOUQ7352XGI28/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Worcester Library Redesign: A Recipe for Enlivening Downtown Great window facade makes for a transparent space from the inside to the outside of the building. The only problem: Where is the entrance here linking the library to the downtown? Uh, there is no entrance! It's as if this building has turned its back to the main square. 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A Collage Celebrating Our Locally Grown Businesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465231313759-SOZ7NW5LGGQYVP644MJN/IMG_0597.JPG Blog - A Collage Celebrating Our Locally Grown Businesses https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465152875269-1LIXTKPC0XZWTD5MZGUX/image-asset.gif Blog - A Collage Celebrating Our Locally Grown Businesses http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/6/14/lively-downtown-districts-the-providence-way monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673947224-57SQ06XPBPWAO3CS2OWJ/image-asset.png Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way It looks like a building was taken down here. This was the only "empty lot" we saw on our walk. It seems as if part of the base of the structure has been kept? This area has become a pedestrian plaza and way station with many people sitting under the sun and eating lunch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673752527-NHJFCIGS0ZC597G9UGUC/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Can you believe what we see? It's a real bookstore, not just another Barnes and Noble. There are tables of books out on the sidewalk to entice readers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673858786-C7TYEOHDCNN227M0YZU9/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way And around the corner is another bookstore! Heaven! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673643781-QOCAU7WY5IOMIH9DPJXD/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way If you look closely, you can see some interesting architectural details on the facade of this building. This kind of handiwork is no longer apparent on many of the newer big box buildings. We just wanted to stare and check it out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674072960-2ME0QWTEDUZJWNUFHVVY/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Check out this cool, artistic clock structure on the sidewalk. We passed by a building housing classrooms for the University of Rhode Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673090681-PWW72ED30AHTQ57ZKZC3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Here's some reasons why we wanted to walk: Check out the great brick lined sidewalks and streets! The white circle of bricks in the center of the street mark off the center of a two main streets. It's just pleasing for the eye. Each building is architecturally unique, historical, fronts up to the sidewalk. Notice the shady, mature street trees as well as the old fashioned light fixtures. There were so many small retail stores, restaurants, cafes, specialty shops, we were not sure what we would find turning the corner. Also, please note the short width of the streets that make room only for one traffic lane and one parking lane. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674155482-DJ7GXKX77HV3AE3VZHQO/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way a mural on the outer edge of the neighborhood frames a parking lot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674228223-S9FTNLBX5EXRALCHPLLQ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way A sign of a living neighborhood is the existence of churches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673013905-F6U6GDTYMKM7JLRFHCNK/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Come and join us on our walk in downtown Providence's art district! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674471073-QAP9CSGUA849COSUOJ9O/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Only walkable and bikeable cities can support the existence of a Zipcar! Note the bike racks next to the Zipcar office. Worcester is so autocentric that it is hard to imagine we could support a Zipcar fleet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465673510844-F9LKIIIM9W99HBZVRWVS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way See the bike parked outside of this clothing store. Walkers and bikers were everywhere on the streets. Cars did not speed past, drivers watching out for pedestrians and scanning what was happening outside on the streets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674396237-CD0DFFECSYJP19DE08JU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Even some of the alleyways had enticing brick sidewalks and murals on the walls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674300108-YYSX83HJKZ03T7UK4EIG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way A hint of active street life: A musician plays his accordion on the busy sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1465674582301-0FM3648ZCGDRWGPFDGK8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Lively Downtown Districts the Providence Way Sure, there were plenty of "yuppified" cafes, restaurants and boutiques but there was also room for mom and pop stores, tailors, and laundromats. The best news: This neighborhood does not seem to be fully gentrified. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/20/woovoice-6-dante-comparetto-activist-and-co-owner-pure-juz monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463757321717-FR9R4YSLC63BUAMVZ48I/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #6: Dante Comparetto, Activist and Co-Owner, Pure Juz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463759095726-GEIPE5CZV6E1WXJXSE9B/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #6: Dante Comparetto, Activist and Co-Owner, Pure Juz There's spinach, kale, almond butter and dates in the drink Dante whips up for me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463757961998-PFSBQMERSOPA8RU0NJVN/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #6: Dante Comparetto, Activist and Co-Owner, Pure Juz As a socially responsible business owner dedicated to building the local economy, Date purchases as much local produce as possible for Pure Juz shakes. (Probably not these pineapples and papayas!) http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/20/woovoice-4-john-anderson-history-professor-emeritus-at-holy-cross monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463755402505-IPIAR4I2D64Y63TQ3ZH2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #5: John Anderson, History Professor, Emeritus at Holy Cross John tells me about a new exhibit being curated at the Worcester Historical Museum called "Worcester in 50 objects." When I asked him what object he would share to symbolize his Worcester connection, he retrieved this book from his basement. "Everyone who lives in Worcester should know our history," he smiled. What object would you choose to tell your own Worcester story? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463755827377-2XFYUPX7XFZAVGVHSI53/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #5: John Anderson, History Professor, Emeritus at Holy Cross In the spirit of our conversation about the impact of 290, John pointed out that Thomas O'Flynn, the author of this 1910 volume was the principal of the Ledge Street School that was demolished to make room for the highway. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/30/urban-renewal-and-the-slow-kill-of-mt-carmel-and-notre-dame monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464630149208-J59UJH8EMTT7YTSETXU5/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Urban Renewal and the Slow-Kill of Mt Carmel and Notre Dame Driving down 290, one can see the crumbling facade of Mt. Carmel Church. Known as "Our Lady of the Highway", this church is showing the impact of 40 plus years of highway fumes on its structure. The church is a good example of the "slow-kill" of urban renewal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464630408991-JOX2MRDBD2U30260JKPP/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Urban Renewal and the Slow-Kill of Mt Carmel and Notre Dame Notre Dame held hostage to the construction happening around it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464629267600-RJ854DQC4OI9TPNG9138/mtcarmel_church.jpg Blog - Urban Renewal and the Slow-Kill of Mt Carmel and Notre Dame https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1464629285391-V4698HCI3WUHMMK25QUT/notredamechurch.jpg Blog - Urban Renewal and the Slow-Kill of Mt Carmel and Notre Dame http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/4/25/knit-one-purl-two-knitting-worcester-memories monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1461633050074-W2M6YOBNI907JLJO53B8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Knit One Purl Two: Knitting Worcester Memories https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1461634328400-5NXQ155MKPP76YK87H1R/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Knit One Purl Two: Knitting Worcester Memories http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/4/29/will-you-cityspeak monthly 0.5 2016-05-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1461951242493-54AYTKL427YRF440C9G3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Will You "CitySpeak"? What happens when you feel disconnected from the place where you live? What if you feel disempowered as if your voice does not matter? Who will listen? And if someone was listening, what would you say?   http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/17/can-worcester-afford-to-destroy-yet-another-historical-gem monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463493046147-PPMDNPE4U7U7YX5EHHSI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Can Worcester afford to destroy yet another historical gem? Adjacent to the siege of Notre Dame is the activity of bulldozers and construction workers clearing the huge site for City Square. "Large swatches of construction built at one time are inherently inefficient for sheltering wide ranges of cultural, population and business diversity... When such an area is new, it offers no economic possibilities to city diversity. The practical penalties of dullness... stamp the neighborhood early. It becomes a place to leave," wrote Jane Jacobs. Why won't Worcester heed her warning and understand her forecast? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1463491718426-NB6HKI9NWCPRD2FAW2DG/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Can Worcester afford to destroy yet another historical gem? Notre Dame Church is holding its own in the midst of the City Square project. The developers have requested immediate demolition of this historic structure in the sea of new construction. This huge swatch of land is slated for the construction of a parking lot, a residential development and a hotel. It is not clear what attempts were made to integrate this historical building into the design. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/8/woovoice-4-kevin-harrington-co-founder-technocopia monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723908524-VKUNWW534DKB1ZMYF7IU/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia Kevin adjusting a 3D printer - photo by Andrew Harrington https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723500574-TTXC7HNCAZDSUBCR9FQ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723357763-436M7KVTMY2V4NP6KR1X/IMG_0105.JPG Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723377874-WNOZCNT8V2AHMY3U9NYD/IMG_0107.JPG Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723404483-GUOTC6QJMSVNQ442CEG7/IMG_0104.JPG Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462723764306-U6JFCBZIMHUGPXW0UP6Z/FullSizeRender%2B%281%29.jpg Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462722302227-DNUJQZJGFP9FYE9YUTD2/image-asset.png Blog - WooVoice #4: Kevin Harrington, Co-Founder Technocopia http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/8/a-pilgrimage-to-janes-new-york monthly 0.5 2016-08-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742199843-ROTWUVLUYIVDU9Y1CR8J/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Here is Jane Jacobs’ ideal in this photo – mixed use with commercial store fronts and local small businesses on the street level floor and residential units above. Even early in the morning, one can see the people walking past on the sidewalk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462740789847-33NI348G6PAZHP4TKDU3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Some of the most beautiful townhouses can be found in Greenwich Village. Since Greenwich Village is off the grid pattern of Manhattan, the blocks are often odd-shaped and triangular, creating a maze affect for walking the neighborhood. This neighborhood is now one of the most affluent in the city and home to famous actors, politicians and business people. It’s hard to believe that Robert Moses had targeted large swaths of this neighborhood for demolition to place the Lower Manhattan Expressway. If Jacobs had not organized resistance, then I might not be walking these streets today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741032183-CMZEJIUDVT3XKEDUJFEJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Citi Bike, the New York City bike share program, has bike kiosks all over the neighborhoods. Dedicated bike lines throughout the streets and easy access to bikes through the share program, make biking an easy option to get around in the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462740924851-LSN1PIFL1JB0ZL9C8TCM/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York The White horse tavern where Jane Jacobs used to go for a drink right down the street from her home on Hudson Street https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462740818324-ZYRODHT23BX0YRBI74YS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462740752744-BVE1MPA090E08X5LWJZS/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York I was surprised there was no plaque to mark Jane Jacobs’ home at 555 Hudson Street. Jacobs based many of her urban theories through the observations she made looking out from this house. This three story mixed use building combines retail space on the first floor and residential space on the floors above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741231828-58VGC4KG6I62E87RR68H/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York The mural outside on the ledge of the patio of El Kallejon in East Harle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742256522-VO6U274YY4QE9DGVDYNJ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York I get a juice smoothie at a vendor on the first floor of Grand Central Station.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742113967-PMXS9VI352YQPUA64DFI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York a vendor selling paintings in La Marqueta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462740968232-5RF1FV1YK3TECBUUJMEZ/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Instead of the famed candy store, 555 Hudson Street now houses a real estate agency in its first floor retail space. The agents let me come in and take a photo of the interior.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741316595-VHN7KC4L28XBTSF0Z43K/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742171642-WEOWYDFBG2MYMZWHFK22/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York I stayed in my cousin’s apartment on the Upper East Side. Here is the view from her window in the early morning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742084608-EMIV5GSK5E3CDLVRTV08/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Buying cupcakes in La Marqueta https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741184521-7WUYQF59BZ76IIX4ZP30/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York “When I go to the market, I fall in love with the chilies”, the owner of El Kallejon tells our group. He prides himself on his knowledge of traditional Mexican cuisine and offers us Mexican tortilla chips with the best guacamole we had tasted. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742233140-WVRR2TOCTGFTTDRF9DO3/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Waiting for the train at Grand Central Station. Hundreds of trains are coming in and out of this station, making it an active hub and a great place to watch people. Our Union Station can never rival a station like this or even South Station. Union Station only has one line going in and out of Worcester to Boston. We simply can’t match the density of a Grand Central Station but increased train service can populate our station more fully. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741287578-5FQIZUPKFGD8QGSJNYOX/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York Hot Bread Kitchen also runs a six month Baker in Training program for low income, minority and immigrant women to learn the trade of baking artisanal breads. The competitive program links up graduates to management track careers in food production, jobs that offer a ladder to livable wages. We saw the commercial kitchen space and we got to taste some of the delicious bread. The highly competitive program guarantees that every one of its graduates will be placed in a job that is on the management track in food production. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462741001827-UVY99ZJKI3J6AF6Y26M4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York In the back of Jane’s house is a small outdoor patio.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462742144883-GM269IB1W3KJHF2BSOY4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - A Pilgrimage to Jane's New York "There was no East Harlem vegan restaurant so I had to start one," said the owner of Uptown Veg and he mixed up some strawberry-banana smoothies to welcome us to the neighborhood. http://www.janejacobsinthewoo.org/blog/2016/5/4/woovoice-3-chris-sawyer-store-window-designer monthly 0.5 2016-06-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462720927641-B2Q6F20YZ4SCVM9CRCC4/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462373315122-QVL40ICCQWOYIOYWC3W8/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462721042586-ZHQ5Q76TJGT74CAQBJSR/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462386533104-Q18HQPK0S6HCPD1Z8ZKI/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer Designing a rock river in the window at the Denholm building during Chris' vacation time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462721091030-LKJVFCUHFYHHCM6PZ84D/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56ffcc3901dbae8fc9b21603/1462385477378-34N2WL84X0BW6PGY2R7F/image-asset.jpeg Blog - WooVoice #3: Chris Sawyer, Store Window Designer "Even the escalator over there, those glass panels were all hand screened in Paris and flown over. 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