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Changing scenery in Central Mass.
Just 13 years ago, the Worcester Center Galleria, later to become the Worcester Common Fashion Outlets, was open for business. Today, the
mall is gone. The main entrance in the left photo has been replaced by a reopened Front Street, which now connects the east and west sides of
Worcester.
THEN: Galleria Mall NOW: Front Street
THEN: Gateway Park site NOW: Gateway Park
Several buildings were being torn down in 2004 to make way for Gateway Park, Worcester Polytechnic Institute's center of research,
innovation and commerce that it developed with the Worcester Business Development Corp.
Solomon Pond Mall, on the Berlin-Marlborough line, opened in 1996, when several dignitaries, including State Sen. Robert Durand, fourth from
left, and Lt. Gov. Paul Cellucci, sixth from left, cut the ceremonial ribbon. At right, a view of the mall today taken from Donald Lynch Boulevard.
THEN AND NOW: Solomon Pond
25 YEARS: THEN & NOW
