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Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Massachusetts. Show all posts

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Skymark Tower Apartments

 
Skymark Tower Apartments is a 289ft tall residential high-rise located in Worcester, MA. This 24-story building offers one and two bedroom residences in 17 floor plans with spectacular views of Worcester’s city skyline.

Clark University

 
Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the United States. Originally an all-graduate institution, Clark's first undergraduates entered in 1902. The university now offers 46 majors, minors, and concentrations in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering and allows students to design specialized majors and engage in pre-professional programs.

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Worcester Polytecnical Institute



Worcester Polytechnic Institute was founded in 1865 to create and convey the latest science and engineering knowledge in ways that are most beneficial to society. Today, WPI holds firm to its founding mission to provide an education that balances theory with practice. WPI's 14 academic departments offer more than 50 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in science, engineering, technology, business, the social sciences, and the humanities and arts, leading to bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees.

Higgins House Mansion



This Tudor-style mansion was once the home of Aldus C. Higgins, son of Milton P. Higgins, the first superintendent of the Washburn Shops and a founder of Norton Company in Worcester. The house was donated to WPI in 1971 following the death of Mrs. Aldus Higgins

Saturday, September 3, 2016

Boston College Alumni Stadium



Originally built in 1957 but last renovated in 1994 Alumni Stadium can hold 44,500 people to watch the Boston College Eagles dominate the football filed. Shea Field is a baseball statudium that holds 1,000 people and is named after Commander John Joseph Shea USN, a former football player at Boston College.

Boston College Gasson Hall



Boston College's signature building, Gasson Tower, originally opened in 1913 and was returned to pristine form for Boston College’s 150th anniversary celebration in 2012. It provides modern and spacious classroom, study and administrative facilities to the college. It feature a 200ft bell tower and is a seminal example of Collegiate Gothic architecture in North America.

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Bourne Bridge & Sagamore Bridge




The Bourne Bridge in Bourne, Massachusetts, carries Route 28 across the Cape Cod Canal. The Sagamore Bridge carries Route 6 across the Cape Cod Canal. Both bridges connect Cape Cod with the rest of Massachusetts. The bridges were constructed beginning in 1933 by the Public Works Administration for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which operates both the bridges and the canal. Both bridges carry four lanes of traffic over a 616 feet main span, with a 135 feet ship clearance. They opened to traffic on June 22, 1935.


The Cape Cod Canal in Massachusetts is an artificial waterway connecting Cape Cod Bay in the north to Buzzards Bay in the south. Since 1928 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New England District has been responsible for the operations of the Canal. 14,000 commercial and recreational vessels transit the 17.5 mile waterway each year.

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Worcester Country Club



The Worcester Country Club clubhouse was designed by Worcester architect L.W. Briggs and constructed by the E.J. Cross Company completed in 1914. The clubhouse is reported to have cost sixty five thousand dollars, a significant but not princely sum in those days. Today’s equivalent would be just over one million dollars.

The Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans' Memorial


The Massachusetts Vietnam Veterans' Memorial was dedicated in June of 2002 and is located at Green Hill Park in Worcester. This picturesque 4-acre memorial is comprised of three distinct sections, called "Places." Amongst these three sections you will also find a pond and fountain, walking paths, 

Saturday, June 4, 2016

Worcester Fire Alarm & Telegraph Building


Built in 1925 as a fire alarm and telegraph station this structure got a second chance at a new life as a branch of the SpencerBank with an extensive rehabilitation after sitting vacant for years.

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Indian Princess


The Indian Princess is a modern day replica of the grand riverboats that plied the Mississippi River in the late 19th century. Cruising out of Indian Ranch, she is one of the few authentic paddle wheel riverboats still in operation in the United States today

Monday, May 23, 2016

Worcester Lunatic Asylumn Clock Tower


On a hill overlooking Lake Quinsigamond, at the site of the former Worcester Lunatic Asylum, a restored clock tower stands tall.