My strategy

I've been thinking about how to attack this project of mine. I've decided I'm going to start with Liberty Heights (since that's usually the neighborhood I walk the doggie in). I'm going to post a list of all the streets in that neighborhood and as I walk each of them, I will cross them off. If a street is purely residential, I will note that; if it has businesses I can visit, there will be posts about them.

All right, Liberty Heights is:
Algonquin Place
Alpha Street
Alvin Street
Ansara Street
Arion Place
Armory Street
Athol Street
Atwater Place
Atwater Road
Atwater Terrace
Banbury Street
Bartlett Street
Beauchamp Street
Bedford Road
Belle Street
Bevier Street
Biella Street
Border Street
Cabot Street
Calvin Street
Candice Circle
Carew Street
Carew Terrace
Caseland Street
Cass Street (A)
Cass Street (B)
Catafalque Drive
Chandler Street
Chapin Terrace
Cherrelyn Street
Chestnut Street
Clantoy Street
Cleveland Street
Coleridge Street
Colfax Street
Columbia Terrace
Connecticut Avenue
Copley Terrace
Cornwall Street
Corona Street
Coyne Court
Crane Street
Crestwood Street
Croyden Street
Croyden Terrace
Cuff Street
Cunningham Street
Dana Street
David Street
Denton Circle
Derby Dingle Street
Desrosiers Street
Dineen Street
Doyle Avenue
Drew Court
Drexel Street
Dupont Place
Eddy Street
Edgar Street
Edmund Street
Ellen Street
Everett Street
Fairfax Place
Farnsworth Street
Felicia Street
Francis Street
Franklin Street
Freeman Street
Freeman Terrace
Genesee Street
Glencoe Street
Glenham Street
Gold Street
Goodrich Street
Governor Street
Greaney Street
Green Lane
Griffin Street
Grover Street
Halsey Street
Hamburg Street
Hamlet Street
Harlan Street
Hartley Street
Hastings Street
Haven Avenue
Heywood Street
Hickox Place
Hickox Street
Home Street
Huron Street
Jardine Street
Judson Street
Kendall Street
Kingsley Street
Kirby Street
Knollwood Street
Lancashire Road
Langdon Street
Laurence Street
Ledyard Street
Lehigh Street
Leonard Street
Leroy Place
Leslie Street
Lexington Street
Liam Street
Libcar Street
Liberty Street
Littleton Street
Long Terrace
Los Angeles Street
Lynwood Terrace
Marvin Street
Massasoit Place
Massasoit Street
Maura Street
Mayfair Avenue
Mayher Street
Mayo Street
McBride Street
Medical Center Drive
Melha Avenue
Mellon Street
Melville Street
Merida Street
Merrimac Avenue
Middle Street
Mildred Avenue
Milford Street
Miller Street
Montclair Street
Montmorenci Street
Mooreland Street
Morison Terrace
Morrell Street
Murray Hill Avenue
Mystic Court
Naismith Place
Naismith Street
Napier Street
Narragansett Street
Nevada Street
Newbury Street
Nordica Street
Norman Street
Nottingham Street
Nursery Street (A)
Nursery Street (B)
Nye Street
Oakhurst Street
Oklahoma Street
Ontario Street
Parallel Street
Park Road
Parkin Street
Parkside Street
Pauline Street
Pembroke Circle
Pembroke Street
Penacook Street
Phoenix Street
Phoenix Terrace
Piedmont Street
Porter Street
Pratt Street
Prospect Street
Prospect Terrace
Ramah Street
Raymond Place
Rimmon Avenue
Roy Street
Saab Court
San Miguel Street
Savoy Avenue
Savoy Place
Sedgelea Street
Shaine Circle
Shefford Street
Sherbrooke Street
Silver Street
Silvia Street
Springfield Street
St. James Avenue
St. Lawrence Avenue
Stafford Street
Sterling Street
Stetson Street
Stockman Street
Strong Street
Sullivan Street
Suzanne Street
Tacoma Street
Thames Street
Thornfell Street
Tourigny Street
Tracy Street
Underwood Street
Upland Street
Upton Street
Utica Street
Vadnais Street
Van Buren Avenue
Van Horn Place
Van Ness Street
Victoria Street
Vinton Street
Wait Street
Wales Court
Ward Court
Warwick Street
Weaver Road
Webster Street
Wells Place
Wells Street
Wentworth Street
Whittaker Street
Whitmore Drive
Wilber Street
Williams Drive
Wilson Street
Wolcott Street (A)
Wolcott Street (B)
Wolfe Street
Woodmont Street
Worthy Street

...A total of 223 streets, avenues, places, terraces, roads, courts and drives. I've already crossed off my street because there's nothing there but homes.

Hopefully it will warm up soon so I can start this project for real.

The introduction.

I live on Melville Street, which is basically on the border between Liberty Heights and East Springfield.

According to the City of Springfield Web site, "[The] Liberty Heights neighborhood is located in the northwest quadrant of the city, beginning about one mile from the Central Business District. It contains 1,384 acres, plus rights of way, and is the fifth largest of Springfield's seventeen neighborhoods. Its principal boundaries are Chicopee to the north; the Boston & Albany Railroad to the south; St. James Avenue to the east; and portions of Chestnut Street, Cass Street, and Jardine Street to the west."

"East Springfield is located in the northern tier of the city, beginning about two and a half miles east of the Central Business District. It contains 1,504 Acres, plus rights-of-way and is the third largest of Springfield's seventeen neighborhoods. Its principal boundaries are Chicopee to the north; the Boston & Albany Railroad to the south; St. James Avenue to the west; and portions of Brookdale Drive, Page Boulevard and Worcester Street to the east."

When I'm out walking, I generally stay in the Liberty Heights area:


I generally walk from my house down to Merrimac, up around Nottingham, down Carew, and back up Merrimac and to our street with my crazy little dog. In the summer, we'll walk down to Liberty (or sometimes even Armory) to enjoy Van Horn Park. If we don't go there, we go right around the corner to Marshall Roy Park. My fiance and I usually stop at CVS or Subway before heading to Marshall Roy so we can enjoy a little picnic while the crazy dog runs around.

There are already a couple places I have in mind that I want to visit in this area.

And, while I usually walk in Liberty Heights, I conduct more business in East Springfield:


The crazy dog's veterinarian (the East Springfield Veterinary Clinic) is located here, as is my fiance's favorite pizza shop (Two Guys Pizzeria) and my gym Planet Fitness). Trust me, when I'm working out, it's all business.

As a former country girl, I enjoy walking everywhere, and the prospect of walking three or four miles to get to a destination is not a big deterrent for me. I figure there's a lot to see within that range of my home, and I plan on sharing all that wonderful stuff with anyone who cares to read.