Photos: Worcester past and present
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Across from Worcester’s majestic 1898 City Hall, the Glass Tower skyscraper, built in 1974, stands as an icon of urban renewal architecture of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Worcester commercial artist Harvey Ball designed the original Smiley Face in 1963 as part of a “friendship campaign” for an insurance company, a Worcester Historical Museum exhibit explains.
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Sarah Blatt, a partner in Crimson and Clover, arranged a display of handmade fabric creations in her booth at the Crompton Collective vintage and arts market in the Worcester Canal District.
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Salisbury Mansion, built in 1772 as the home and store of colonial merchant Stephen Salisbury, has been restored to its 1830s-era appearance.
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Kari Kipper, Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Objects Conservation at the Worcester Art Museum, explained how she is restoring an Assyrian low relief wall slab of a winged genie dating from the ninth century B.C.
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Women around the country once wore corsets manufactured by the Royal Worcester Corset Company, such as this one on display at the Worcester Historical Museum.
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