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« on: October 20, 2006, 12:00:00 AM »
Springfield: The Northbank's National Register Historic District



Confederate Park (formerly Dignan Park).  The name change occurred in 1914, after the park was the epicenter of a Confederate Veterans Reunion, that attracted 48,000 former soldiers.  Today it is a part of a chain of long ignored parks waiting to be restored to their former glory.

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« Reply #1 on: July 02, 2007, 05:59:39 PM »
It's pretty amazing how different (worse) 8th and Main looks today.



I wonder if the trolley tracks are still under the street? They may uncover them when they finally start construction on the Main St. improvement project.
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« Reply #2 on: July 02, 2007, 09:01:19 PM »
I'm sure. They pulled the tracks out when they did the first four blocks, so it only makes sense they go all the way to 8th.
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