The little boy and I didn't have a lot of time for our walk today (the hubby and I had tickets to see the Hampden Theater Guild's presentation of "The Producers"), so we headed down to cover just a couple of the streets on this side of Carew that we missed on our last outing. On the way down, we passed Brunton Square (which is actually more of a triangle, but whatever).



The park was named in honor of Springfield Mayor Daniel B. Brunton, who served from 1946 to 1957. A sign in the park notes that Tralee, Ireland, is a sister city of Springfield. I've been to Tralee. It's pretty. Another sister city is Takikawa, on the island of Hokkaido, Japan.

From there, we headed down to Armory Street. On the corner of Armory and Carew is Our Lady of Hope Church. This was my future husband's church, and next door to the church is Our Lady of Hope School, my hubby's first school. It teaches children from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The school will be closing soon, sadly.

A NIGHT TO REMEMBER
A night to remember for friends and alumni of Our Lady of Hope School will be on May 16 in the school auditorium. This event, to mark the school’s closing, will begin with 4 p.m. Mass in church. A ziti and meatball dinner will take place afterward in the school. Come and reminisce, tour the school and meet old friends. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for kids up to eighth grade and kids under three are free. There will be a cash bar. Tickets are available at the school, the rectory and the Hope Center. If you have any questions, call 734-4125.





When we passed the church and the school, we turned left up Grover Street, which had mostly two-story homes along it. At the end, we turned right onto Liberty and then made another right onto Cleveland Street. There, we soon came across the dentistry office of R. Manniello and George Hurley.



At the end of Cleveland, we turned left onto Armory and then left onto Sullivan Street. At the end of this street is a business complex called Sullivan Place.



The only business I saw advertised was the dentistry office of Dr. Gerard Thibault. He received a pretty good review from one patient on HealthGrades.com.

We headed back down Sullivan to Armory, up that street and back up Carew to head home.

So, heading forward -- I've finished all the streets on this side of Carew down to Chestnut on this side of I-291. My next move will be to cross over the highway and traverse the streets on that side (a little less than two dozen streets). After that, onto the north side of Carew!

76 down, 147 to go