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Pond side image of Institute Park, showing the bridge, pathway, and trees

A letter composed by WPI student representatives to express their serious complaints for the WPI academic and social environment and their request for action.

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.

A view from the park of WPI before it's sprawling campus engulfed the park. Atwater-Kent Laboratories, Boynton hall and Salisbury Laboratories are seen in this view.

View of WPI baseball team standing in Institute Park

View of WPI Baseball Team Portrait in Institute Park

Ice companies hired a seasonal local workforce to help harvest the ice that formed on lakes at the end of each winter. Some of these workers might also help delivery the ice to houses and businesses across the city in the summer.

The photograph in the article shows the wrecking ball team destroying the tower. The town wasn’t able to grab the same attention as it had gotten in 1929 and therefore, the tower was finally ordered destroyed. As the tower came down, the town’s…

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.

Fortunately, there are forces at work attempting to undo the damage done to the urban forests of Worcester. Worcester Tree Initiative, now a part of Tower Hill Botanic Garden, that was formed in January, 2009 with the ambitious plan to plant 30,000…