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Post by sader1970 on Oct 4, 2022 10:01:25 GMT -5
So, we have the EBW Classic at Polar Park and now the President's Council dinner will not be on campus (I know, it was in NYC one year) but will be at Union Station in downtown Worcester. Someone is REALLY trying to rebuild the community relationship it seems.
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Post by princetoncrusader on Oct 4, 2022 10:31:13 GMT -5
I had that same impression sader1970. What is the neighborhood around Union Station like?
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Post by rgs318 on Oct 4, 2022 10:47:27 GMT -5
Growing and rebuilding (from what I hear)
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 4, 2022 10:53:11 GMT -5
I stayed at the relatively new AC Marriott for Homecoming weekend having multiple events that I was going to including the Coaches Night at the pizza place (Volturno's) which was, like Union Station, an 8-10 minute walk. Not bad IMO but locals would be better to opine.
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Post by Tom on Oct 4, 2022 10:55:12 GMT -5
Maybe there are so many people giving money to the school the council has outgrown the ball room. (I have no clue about the relative capacity of Hogan vs Union Station)
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Maybe the event is going to be environmentally friendly and everyone will arrive via mass transit trains
At least it's not a Zoom dinner
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Post by ndgradbuthcfan on Oct 4, 2022 13:39:13 GMT -5
I stayed at the relatively new AC Marriott for Homecoming weekend having multiple events that I was going to including the Coaches Night at the pizza place (Volturno's) which was, like Union Station, an 8-10 minute walk. Not bad IMO but locals would be better to opine. The building itself is attractive, inside and out, but it's surrounded by train tracks on two sides, I-290 on one and Washington Square rotary in front. Lots of public parking nearby. Less than a 10 minute walk to Shrewbury Street (east) and downtown Worcester (west). A relatively safe area. |
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Post by lou on Oct 4, 2022 13:50:41 GMT -5
So, we have the EBW Classic at Polar Park and now the President's Council dinner will not be on campus (I know, it was in NYC one year) but will be at Union Station in downtown Worcester. Someone is REALLY trying to rebuild the community relationship it seems. The PC celebration was held at the Boston Public Library in 2018 |
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Post by rf1 on Oct 4, 2022 15:24:50 GMT -5
The former waiting room at Union Station is beautiful. The entire station is one of the few really great pieces of old architecture still left in Worcester (Mechanics Hall would be another). The old waiting room unfortunately doesn't get a lot of use other than an occasional event. It is sadly most days just a space for commuters to walk through on their way to the train. This building was long empty and in decay for decades. The tops of the towers had been removed as their weight was affecting the integrity of the structure. A great job was done renovating it. The two towers were even recreated using low weight fiberglass materials. Union Station is connected to its own parking garage on the other side of the tracks. If you park there, you do not even have to go outside.   |
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 4, 2022 19:06:49 GMT -5
The former waiting room at Union Station is beautiful. The entire station is one of the few really great pieces of old architecture still left in Worcester (Mechanics Hall would be another). The old waiting room unfortunately doesn't get a lot of use other than an occasional event. It is sadly most days just a space for commuters to walk through on their way to the train. This building was long empty and in decay for decades. The tops of the towers had been removed as their weight was affecting the integrity of the structure. A great job was done renovating it. The two towers were even recreated using low weight fiberglass materials. Union Station is connected to its own parking garage on the other side of the tracks. If you park there, you do not even have to go outside. When the station was first renovated it had a small FDR (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) museum in it which was neat. It was a private collection of political memorabilia in a second floor room. |
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Post by crusader12 on Oct 5, 2022 10:13:26 GMT -5
I had that same impression sader1970. What is the neighborhood around Union Station like? It's not good that I can tell you... |
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 5, 2022 10:41:53 GMT -5
Apparently not the case because the invitation clearly states that there is limited attendance and it is on a "first come, first serve" basis. So, it's not for a larger size. And the dinners historically were not in the Hogan ballroom but in Kimball which has a much larger capacity than the ballroom or apparently Union Station from the looks of the photo. Nope, pretty confident this is another reach out to Worcester.
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 5, 2022 10:45:28 GMT -5
The President's Council mixes up things every year to keep folks coming back. This is a part of that.
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Post by rf1 on Oct 5, 2022 11:56:25 GMT -5
Apparently not the case because the invitation clearly states that there is limited attendance and it is on a "first come, first serve" basis. So, it's not for a larger size. And the dinners historically were not in the Hogan ballroom but in Kimball which has a much larger capacity than the ballroom or apparently Union Station from the looks of the photo. Nope, pretty confident this is another reach out to Worcester.
The management team from the former Maxwell Silverman's runs the event space at Worcester Union Station. Their web site indicates that the Grand Hall has a capacity of 600 for events.
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 6, 2022 6:54:13 GMT -5
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 6, 2022 11:15:01 GMT -5
I had that same impression sader1970. What is the neighborhood around Union Station like? It's not good that I can tell you... Polar Park is less than a mile away....so you are saying PP isn't in a good neighborhood either. |
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Post by KY Crusader 75 on Oct 6, 2022 12:22:24 GMT -5
It's not good that I can tell you... Polar Park is less than a mile away....so you are saying PP isn't in a good neighborhood either. You should go back to school and take some logic and geography classes |
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Post by bfoley82 on Oct 6, 2022 13:23:25 GMT -5
Polar Park is less than a mile away....so you are saying PP isn't in a good neighborhood either. You should go back to school and take some logic and geography classes The Union Street Garage which is part of the Worcester Red Sox parking plan I consider the same neighborhood. But go on... |
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Post by Pakachoag Phreek on Oct 6, 2022 16:30:45 GMT -5
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Post by sader1970 on Oct 6, 2022 17:30:17 GMT -5
Quoting myself, I am sure that Phreek was on the Zoom meeting with new BoT Chair, Helen Boucher, She made very clear and specifically said that one of Vince Rougeau's goals is to work on the Holy Cross relationship with Worcester. She also said, what I had heard Vince say as well and others might have misconstrued that he wants to be in the top 25 of liberal arts colleges in the country. No, in fact, he wants to be the #1 liberal arts college in the country. And, unlike his predecessors, while he doesn't see the rankings as the "be all and end all," he believes they are very important and where he thinks we can get some leverage is the "reputation" aspect of those rankings. Helen said or implied that this amounts to marketing Holy Cross to other colleges and universities.
Oh, the PC chairs both pushed the Union Station reception/dinner. This location is clearly not because the PC has outgrown Kimball or any other reasons.
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Post by Crucis#1 on Oct 6, 2022 17:51:26 GMT -5
Among the locations for the PC Dinner, was the Hart Center Arena in 1976. A tent was erected inside the arena to hide the seats and bleachers and the hoops. The following year the dinner returned to the Hogan Ballroom.
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Post by Chu Chu on Oct 7, 2022 11:31:08 GMT -5
Quoting myself, I am sure that Phreek was on the Zoom meeting with new BoT Chair, Helen Boucher, She made very clear and specifically said that one of Vince Rougeau's goals is to work on the Holy Cross relationship with Worcester. She also said, what I had heard Vince say as well and others might have misconstrued that he wants to be in the top 25 of liberal arts colleges in the country. No, in fact, he wants to be the #1 liberal arts college in the country. And, unlike his predecessors, while he doesn't see the rankings as the "be all and end all," he believes they are very important and where he thinks we can get some leverage is the "reputation" aspect of those rankings. Helen said or implied that this amounts to marketing Holy Cross to other colleges and universities. Oh, the PC chairs both pushed the Union Station reception/dinner. This location is clearly not because the PC has outgrown Kimball or any other reasons. I am more and more impressed with or new President every day! |
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Post by crusader12 on Oct 13, 2022 15:24:32 GMT -5
It's not good that I can tell you... Polar Park is less than a mile away....so you are saying PP isn't in a good neighborhood either. That's correct. |
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 13, 2022 19:58:01 GMT -5
But it is where the people are, which is why they built the park there.
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Post by Tom on Oct 13, 2022 20:32:41 GMT -5
But it is where the people are, which is why they built the park there. They built the park in Worcester because there are a lot of people there. They built in that neighborhood because there was a large parcel of open, inexpensive land |
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Post by longsuffering on Oct 13, 2022 21:20:10 GMT -5
But it is where the people are, which is why they built the park there. They built the park in Worcester because there are a lot of people there. They built in that neighborhood because there was a large parcel of open, inexpensive land With a potpourri of toxic industrial waste on it, as I recall. Cleaning up that brownfield was part of the $160 million price tag I presume which will always be a positive. There has been a trend to build new football stadiums in the suburbs with easy highway access for the large once weekly football crowds and room to park and tailgate, with a trend to build new baseball stadiums in urban areas with access to public transportation and near restaurants and bars for spin off business for the smaller but daily crowds. Polar was actually jammed in to a postage stamp of a stadium lot with no large adjacent paring lots but that fits the in-city baseball park model like Fenway and Camden Yards. |
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