River's Landing: it's on, with muscle

by | Feb 2, 2007 | Urban Compass

Republican photog Mike Gordon snaps a shot of Peter Pappas and Michael Spagnoli at the Hall of Fame yesterday. At an announcement yesterday morning at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, developers Peter Pappas and Michael Spagnoli rolled out their plan for...

Noteworthy media roundup

by | Feb 2, 2007 | Urban Compass

Here is a small batch of Springfield-related items that have emerged over the wires this week. The front page of my copy of this week’s Reminder features a crazy-enlarged image of a hand firmly grasping an evidently cold, plucked chicken by the neck. The...

A reader weighs in

by | Feb 5, 2007 | Urban Compass

Urban Compass reader and downtown Springfield resident Maggie Tucker sent me her thoughts on recent posts here, and gave me her permission to share it with other readers. Here is an excerpt of what she has to say. I’m glad that you are willing to receive my...

Setting an agenda for community relations

by | Feb 6, 2007 | Urban Compass

In Governor Deval Patrick’s February 2 podcast, he talked about the creation of a public liaison office, as part of the civic engagement arm of the executive office. The public liaison office will be headed by Ron Bell, pictured at left, who served as...