Worcesteria: Green Street and Polar Parking (redux)
Worcester Magazine
When I wrote Thursday about walking the distance between the Commercial Street Parking Garage and the main entrance of Polar Park, a lot of people had one very reasonable question: “Why did you walk all the way to Madison Street?” Several people told me about the entrance at the site of the old Pickett Municipal Parking Lot on Green Street, across from Buck s Whiskey & Burger Bar. A couple others spoke of entrances off Gold and Ash streets.
These are reasonable questions, and when posed with them, I didn t immediately have a good answer as to why those didn t register as possibilities. After all, among the rules I was operating under, I resolved to follow any obvious signs or entrances, if they were visible. There were none as of Thursday, but still, it was worth going back to take a look and see if I did indeed miss something.
Worcesteria: WooSox parking situation worse than it looks
Worcester Magazine
In February of 2020, before the pandemic became our everyday reality, the biggest thing happening in town was the grand opening of the Worcester Public Market in Kelley Square. Naturally, I attended the grand opening, and evidently, so did everybody else, because there was not a parking space to be found. I drove around the Canal District in circles for about half an hour before, ironically, finding a spot in the lot behind the market itself. So, sometimes you get lucky. Other times, you don t. I have had trouble parking on numerous occasions in that neighborhood, just going to a poetry reading at Nick s Bar and Restaurant or picking up takeout at Bay State Shawarma. It s a busy part of town, and that s