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Neighborhood Paper

Please craft a research paper that traces the evolution of 1161-1275 main street on Webster square neighborhood of the city of Worcester to the modern day(Link provided below). Indeed, the street is a smaller subset of the neighborhood. The Webster Square neighborhood is too large for this assignment that’s why I’ll have you focus on a portion of a street in the neighborhood. Please focus on both sides of the street.

You can begin by answering some simple questions:

• Is there a park, church, public building, cultural venue, or school in the area?  When were they founded?
• What is the housing and landlords like?  Large/small?  Single or multi-family?  When were they built?
• Does the area have above ground electrical wires?
• What are the main streets?  What are the names of these and other streets?  Do you think they have meaning?
• Are there any buildings that have been transformed over time?  Or names of buildings that might mean something?

Now that you’re thinking, you’re ready to look at old maps and resources.

• See if there are books published that might be of interest to your areas.  If not monographs, you can start to look through the City Docs, Worcester Directories, and House Directories at the Worcester Public Library website.
  • City Docs are collections of the annual reports from each of the city’s departments.  They contain very useful information.  For example, if you have a school or a park, consult the school reports or park reports.
  • Worcester Directories are alphabetical listings of everyone in the city by year.  Once you have a name, you can get info about people from here.
  • House Directories are street-by-street listings of the residents on all city streets.
• Third, you can consult Worcester Real Estate maps at Worcester Public Library website or online at https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/handle/2452/127850.  Enter “Worcester” into the search and make sure you click on those atlases for the city, not the county.  One them, note the date in your mind and then find your area.  Note the differences in your area from one map to the next, or, in other words, changes over time.
• For additional information please use Massachusetts online state records, Worcester Telegram & Gazette resource, and City of Worcester online records.

Consider all the changes you have been able to discern and continue to research and think about the evolution of your area.  Outline your findings and interpretation.  You’ll use the outline to write your paper.

Particulars

Papers should use double-spaced 12pt Times New Roman font.  They should comply with formal written English according to the Chicago Manual of Style.  At an absolute minimum, this means well-written and properly punctuated sentences; paragraphs that contain a major thought and topic sentence; and a thoughtful, well-executed transition from paragraph to paragraph. Similarly, when you cite sources, use the Chicago Manual of Style format, which means footnotes, not parenthetical references.

Webster Square Neighborhood: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Webster+Square,+Worcester,+MA/@42.2506657,-71.8675235,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e404047117d345:0x29fe5e4be8f06f42!8m2!3d42.2513645!4d-71.8512036

Portion of the Street:

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/1161+Main+St,+Worcester,+MA+01603/1275+Main+St,+Worcester,+MA+01603/@42.2432544,-71.8431661,739m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m13!4m12!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e40419d7f97e3d:0xd11f90d15ea874a6!2m2!1d-71.837486!2d42.2441975!1m5!1m1!1s0x89e40411c4c423d1:0x598e05971ae0ca94!2m2!1d-71.8443994!2d42.2422613