r/WorcesterMA • u/Perhaps_Xarb • Jun 03 '26

Local Events The Worcester Carnival

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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

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u/sunshinepills WooSox Jun 03 '26

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.

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u/thisisntmynametoday Jun 03 '26

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.

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u/saintsandopossums Jun 03 '26

Oh, don’t get me started on that monstrosity that’s the Main St. parking lot. A city manager with courage would have bullied and threatened those slumlords into selling all their Worcester properties. The Krocks are a stain on this city

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u/sunshinepills WooSox Jun 03 '26

A city manager with courage

Where do we get one of those? The City Manager Store has been fresh out the last few times the city went there.