Mike Elfland

Worcester

Web Editor at Worcester Telegram & Gazette

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Then & Now: Ralph's Wonder Supermarket, 95 Lincoln St., Worcester

2 days ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

Mike ElflandWorcester Telegram & GazetteFor a week in June 1955, shoppers converged on Ralph's Wonder Supermarket to get a look at the lobster pool, a fancy meat-wrapping machine and a Kiddie Corral play area, among other modern features. The promotions at Worcester's newest supermarket were also a big draw. A Davy Crockett impersonator was there to pose for pictures, part of a Wild West-themed event.
Then & Now: Do you know where this is?

3 days ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

Mike ElflandWorcester Telegram & GazetteLike their father, brothers H. Harold Gould and David F. Gould had fruitful careers in the grocery business. Nathan Gould was the founder of Big Discount Wonder Markets, a small chain in Central Massachusetts. In the 1950s, with plans to relocate one of their markets, Harold and David Gould bought a parcel that once held the mansion of Benjamin Franklin Thomas, a Worcester lawyer who became a state judge and legislator.
Why's it called that? The short history of Putnam Lane includes a tie to a U.S. president

5 days ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

Latest in a series on the names attached to Worcester schools, streets and parks. WORCESTER — A once-popular shortcut, perhaps more than hospitality to a future president, earned the Putnam family a long footnote in Worcester history. These days, Putnam Lane is a short, unremarkable street, running next to the old Coca-Cola bottling plant on Shrewsbury Street.
Then & Now: Green Street Market, 119-121 Green St., Worcester

1 week ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

It began as Golub's, a seller of fruits, meats and other provisions, and survived for seven decades. For much of its existence, it was called the Green Street Market, run by brothers Charles and Isadore Golub. Along with Stanley Smith, a longtime employee, the brothers were ever present at the store, quick with a hello and a helping hand. The regulars referred to the owners as Charlie and Izzie. Workers from Table Talk Pies next door stopped in after their shifts.
Then & Now: Do you know where this is?

1 week ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

Mike ElflandWorcester Telegram & GazetteAn easy one this week. Perhaps. The Green Street Market was a neighborhood landmark for decades. But do you know where on the street the Golub family's market was located? Much has changed in the neighborhood over the years. Many buildings have been leveled, others have been given new facades. A seven-story, 173-unit apartment building now shadows Green Street.
Why's it called that? Mount Saint James, home of the College of Holy Cross

1 week ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

The farm on Pakachoag Hill was a good place for a small boarding school, reasoned the Rev. James Fitton. It was above a river, with beautiful views, the land said to have been settled by the Nipmuc tribe. John Eliot, an English clergyman known as the "apostle to the Indians," prayed with the tribe. Pakachoag, which means river bend, was at the edge of what is now called the Blackstone River. There were streams on the land.
Why's it called that? Mount Saint James, home of the College of Holy Cross

1 week ago | thegardnernews.com | Mike Elfland

The farm on Pakachoag Hill was a good place for a small boarding school, reasoned the Rev. James Fitton. It was above a river, with beautiful views, the land said to have been settled by the Nipmuc tribe. John Eliot, an English clergyman known as the "apostle to the Indians," prayed with the tribe. Pakachoag, which means river bend, was at the edge of what is now called the Blackstone River. There were streams on the land.
Then & Now: Automobile Legal Association, 397 Grove St., Worcester

2 weeks ago | thegardnernews.com | Mike Elfland

The pediments above the two entryways have outlasted a few tenants over the decades. The single-story building at 397 Grove St. has been a quiet presence on a changing Grove Street for more than six decades. It's a simple building, brick and square, dolled up with decorative shutters and rams-head pediments on the front. Its best-known and longest occupant is the Educational Association of Worcester, the union of public school teachers in Worcester.
Then & Now: Automobile Legal Association, 397 Grove St., Worcester

2 weeks ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

The pediments above the two entryways have outlasted a few tenants over the decades. The single-story building at 397 Grove St. has been a quiet presence on a changing Grove Street for more than six decades. It's a simple building, brick and square, dolled up with decorative shutters and rams-head pediments on the front. Its best-known and longest occupant is the Educational Association of Worcester, the union of public school teachers in Worcester.
Then & Now: Do you know where this is?

2 weeks ago | telegram.com | Mike Elfland

Mike ElflandWorcester Telegram & GazetteThe American Automobile Association rules the road these days. Long gone is another motorist support group, the Automobile Legal Association. Worcester had an ALA chapter for decades, through December 1989. The office was on Main Street for many years until moving to the spot shown in this week's Then photo, from 1978. The Worcester office served about 20,000 members in Central Massachusetts.

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