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A sketch of the corner of Salisbury Street and Boynton Street before the creation of Institute Park.

A photograph of the Salisbury Mansion as it stands today. It has been kept as similar as possible to the past house.

Subject: Map of the city of Worcester, Massachusetts, showing the roads and waterways in the city. Shows a part of the town broken off and given to Ward, now Auburn. Shows taverns, churches, mills and other buildings in the city.

A student proposed that WPI buy Institute Park to help manage the rapid expansion.

Definition of Urban Parks provided by faculty and students at WPI as a part of an Interactive Qualifying Project (IQP)

WPI agrees to pay 9 million dollars over the course of 25 years, beginning in 2009, to the city of Worcester in lieu of taxes. This money is to go towards helping Worcester Public Libraries and Institute Park.

In 1921, Worcester experienced one of the worst ice storms in recent history. The storm itself delivered millions of tons of ice and paralyzed infrastructure throughout the city. As for the trees, a third of Worcester’s 40,000 shade trees were…

A family resting by the pond under mature shade trees.