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Bill Shaner: "The phenomenon is strangling us"

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Polar Park's stifling effect on nearby businesses runs much deeper than parking

 

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When I called up Alex Tarr, a professor of urban geography at Worcester State University, he said the decision to put a ballpark there is part of a general pattern of “aggressive mediocrity” in the city. I love that term and couldn’t agree more.

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Anonymous said…
As well as Shaner detailed the fact as to how the ball park is strangling the Canal District with the parking situation, I do not think he goes far enough with his explanation.
Because the Woosox concessionaires, which is a large portion of their revenues, the noose gets tightened by their competition with the local restaurants for food and beverage sales.
June 9, 2021 at 10:17 AM
Anonymous said…
Bill Shaner’s idea of Worcester is to keep it dirty, crappy and full of section 8 housing. I’m calling bull on the vendors complaining about the ballpark. I highly doubt an influx of over 9,000 people in the area on a Monday or Tuesday night will hurt their business. Worcester is a CITY. Parking is at a premium in a city. Sometimes you have to walk for maybe a quarter mile. Sorry, some people may need to waddle a little while to get to their destination.
June 9, 2021 at 7:31 PM
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