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Article: Reunion revives memories of once robust community; Laurel, Clayton not forgotten.(LOCAL NEWS)
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- Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
- Article date:
- August 20, 2007
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Byline: Richard Nangle
WORCESTER - Eddie Bombard drives a wheelchair van up and down Interstate 290, a job that for him is a constant nostalgia trip. When he passes under the Belmont Street bridge he tells his passengers, "Hey, I used to live here."
It isn't a lie. Mr. Bombard grew up in a house that fell victim to the urban renewal of building of I-290 and the Plumley Village housing complex. In the name of progress, a tight-knit neighborhood was destroyed. Mr. Bombard's family was moved into another house in plain view of the I-290 construction. He remembers watching from his new backyard as the construction crews built the road that he uses now to ...