Worcester’s Newest Park

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Elm Park Newton Hill

Worcester Common

The Worcester Common is Worcester’s oldest, publicly accessible green space. Although Elm Park is the city’s oldest ‘park’, the common was established in 1669. Although it wasn’t technically termed a ‘park’, it functioned as public space, with a burial ground, and was used as a meeting place. Originally, the common was 20 acres (it’s only […]

Winslow Park

Winslow Park is one of Worcester’s newest parks! Officially becoming a park in 2008, Winslow Park is located on the corner of Pleasant and Winslow Streets. A group, called Women Together Now, of women from the area helped make Winslow Park happen, in the hopes of creating lasting peace in the neighborhood – as this […]

Wetherell Park

Wetherell Park, also known as Duffy Field! While this property has been city property for most of the last century, it officially became a city park in 1944. This park is located right off from Newton Square and it features a baseball field (made use of by Jesse Burkett Little League) and a newly renovated, […]

Vernon Hill Park

Vernon Hill Park is expansive and open at 13 acres, featuring a playground, numerous ball fields, a basketball court, and is the home to a DCR swimming pool. Vernon Hill Park is also the home of East Side Babe Ruth. This park was purchased from John B. Syme in 1909. It was completely rehabbed and […]

University Park

University Park features numerous vistas and it’s very Worcester with small rolling hills and surrounded by three deckers.This park is located in Main South right off from Main Street near Clark University. Although many Worcester natives call it Crystal Park, that name was never made official. This is another of Worcester’s older parks, the land […]

Ty Cobb Field

Ty Cobb field is located on James Street near the Worcester-Auburn line, on land that used to be owned by the Wright Wire Company, which let the city use the space for baseball fields until it went out of business. The city bought the land in the early 1990s from the company. Ty Cobb features […]

Tacoma Street Playground

Tacoma Street Playground is a 40-acre park located just off from Clark Street before it meets East Mountain. It is another Worcester park with a name that sells its resources and potential quite short. The playground was built in 1999 for $68,500 and was made possible by the Worcester Housing Authority, the Parks Department, and […]

Spillane Field

Tatnuck Square’s Spillane Field, the former Bailey Prouty Playground, is on land that was originally leased from the Worcester Airport. It was historically operated by Jesse Burkett Little League, which still uses it as a field. In 2009, Bailey Prouty Playground was revitalized, thanks to a donation from the Spillane Family. In light of that […]