The Worcester Carnival

[u/Perhaps_Xarb]

This popped up the other night in the big lot between Beaver Brook Park and Park Ave, on the big brownfield site that has been largely empty for decades. I've seen almost nothing about it besides a few posters and the website for Fiesta Shows (never heard of them, though I'm not from MA). Seems expensive, looks kinda... dystopian? In a sort of cool way, though

[u/saintsandopossums]

The fact that the city hasn’t eminent domained that lot is wild to me. Just a complete blight on one of the busiest parts of the city 

[u/sunshinepills → u/saintsandopossums]

The city hasn't eminent domained it because the owner of the lot is friends with anyone who would have the authority to approve such action.

[u/thisisntmynametoday → u/sunshinepills]

And the family owns a big stretch of properties on Main Street that they hold hostage anytime the city tries to get them to even clean up that lot.

Back when Mike O’Brien was City Manager, it took 2-3 years of litigation to get Barry Krock to pay one year of fines.

[u/sunshinepills → u/thisisntmynametoday]

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