This is a very public forum and even if you are not a cop, you should practice more caution than this. ...there is plenty of reason it hasn't been updated since 2016. Also, dipshits in this thread posted street names, etc. It happened in boston. There is hardly any basement shows out there anymore and everytime they do set one up, some pig with pretty much the exact same termanology and methods that you are performing here; slides in to reddit and dms trying to find info and location. This is absolutely dangerous and your lack of regard is concerning. ...officer.

That sounds more on point for modern school administrators.

Considering the Biotech Research Park is across the street, support for renaming the road would not be cheap. They would have either convince Worcester to let only the Umass side to be renamed, let it have multiple names (I'm sure USPS and 911 would love that), or they'll have to buy support from those businesses.

That's a lot of businesses with a lot of stationary, webpages, internal systems, etc, that would need to be updated. They would've had an easier time getting support for renaming North Lake Ave.

They should try taking a lesson from that research park... rename all of their on-site roads with cutesy names, get the city to designate their addresses all off of those, and list their Plantation St address as the number for the site.

I was hoping they'd change it to Eddie Mekka Blvd.

This is pretty cool. I think I might actually go.

Yeah I’ll probably keep going to Hudson. Once you imprint on a MB, it’s hard to change lol.

Source: I grew up in Billerica where we had three and everyone had a favorite 🤷🏻‍♀️

Yes and no... N Lake Avenue is an address for a couple of the campus buildings, but the main research buildings (LRB, ASC, and the new Neuro building being built) have Plantation street addresses.

Which brings me to the behind-the-scenes reasons for UMMS's seemingly out of nowhere insistence on renaming Plantation street....

From work, I asked around of those who are on admin positions, and in-the-know about these kinds of things, what the deal was with this Plantation name change petition. So the push is coming from the chancellor of the school, Michael Collins...and he's using the diversity angle and one of the DIG/DEI officials at umass to push the plantation-slavery connotation narrative to get the street change.

What I heard was that UMMS is looking to rename the other streets around campus, such a North road and South road that are w/in campus to be more "branded", i.e. like how other research campuses in the country name campus roads to be "science-y" like "Einstein circuit" or "Curie Way". They prefer that Plantation street be renamed to be more branded because the new research building being built will have a Plantation street address. UMMS leadership has been wanting the addresses to their main research buildings be made more research-centric, like "Discovery Street" or similar.

They need to make it about racial connotations, or else the city of worcester would just laugh at their request to change the name of a 4 mile long street. They aren't putting in a request to change the names of north and south roads just yet until the Plantation street situation is figured out, because if they did it now...it would be obvious that UMass’s real motive was selfishly to get a better branding opportunity.

I’m pretty sure much of the world would say colonialism is racist and has had lasting effects on their country if we want to go down this rabbit hole. You might not be racist per say but you’re displacing the native people of the area you’ve colonized.

Now what are they suppose to do? Real work to make changes!?

Men do not require a bike tour to gaslight in my experience

this is awesome! I wish I was a biker. I love gas lamps, they're so pretty

Zero worries. I am mostly psyched to see your post in the first place. Worcester needs a new generation of punks making music. I was one......once. :(

oh I didn’t realize, I haven’t seen it anywhere else

But you really didn't, since you apparently didn't do anything about it until now. It was a mild, passive annoyance. Can we agree here?

Their street address is public my friend. No harm done.

A long time ago I learned that cops have a phrase for the napping in cars thing. "Cooping." Yes, it's part of the vernacular. Unreal. When you see a squad car parked out of the way in some alley and are like WTF... they're cooping. An actual internal slang word for slacking off. Of course they'd say getting much needed rest. On their shift. Uh huh. Rest on the details maybe guys?

Crazy world.

I wasn’t asking for an address! I agree that it shouldn’t be posted online like that.

Firehouse FB page: https://www.facebook.com/firehouseworcester/

They are listing shows.

The addy is 126 Eastern Ave. Go up Belmont St. from the police station/UMass Memorial and the turn is on your right across from the Belmont vegan/vegetarian restaurant. (Which is very good btw)

*you’re

Perhaps your own time should be spent on an education.

Thats an incorrect assumption. I have had a problem with the street name for years, so it’s disappointing to see the city not give a shit. But what do I expect from the shitpile that is Worcester local government

Except none "o y'all" including YOU even noticed the street name until the Umass guy made a stink. Y'all.

I get what ur saying but I’m not a cop lol. I’m 18 :/ And I said it SEEMS like the scene has died down bc the most recent stuff I could find about the firehouse online was from like 2016, and I’ve seen other people talking abt how it’s died down a bit too.

Also the firehouse and other collectives have websites etc, and no one is saying their addresses on Reddit… I was just hoping for some more recent info lol

Cool!

No. What I’m saying is that UMass should be held to provide this service given the impact and since it’s their request

This is awesome

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