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25 YEARS: THEN & NOW
Anthony "Spag" Borgatti, shown with members of his family in the mid-1990s, was a pioneer in discount retailing. It was sold to the
Building 19 chain in 2002, but there is very little going on in the building today after Building 19 closed in 2013. Current plans are to
create a mixed use retail and residential development.
THEN AND NOW: Spag's, Shrewsbury
An interior shot of the grand hall of Worcester's Union Station from 1989 well before renovations had begun. Below, Union Station Alliance
board member and Worcester attorney Andrew O'Donnell stands outside the partially renovated station in 1998. The station officially
reopened in 2000.
THEN: Work behind Union Station NOW: WRTA hub
