Yes .. very nice area .. I remember it. Was the Kimball Hotel there when you lived there? Used to meet friends at their then classy bar before it became Kimball Towers. Springfield sure went to rot from the years of vote-buying liberal politicans and their slacker handouts .. shame. So many wonderful and historic areas there. Just like the whole dang state.. blighted, entitlement culture.
I believe so. And before that it was the YMCA.
Corrupt as hell. When I was there, an ugly she-male liberal named Mary Boyle was mayor. Local talk show host Dan York on 1270 AM WSPR once asked her in an on-air interview if she ever shaved her back. That was the last time WSPR got an interview.
Even 20+ years ago, it was painfully apparent that Springfield was in the toilet; I heard as much Spanish as English once I left my building.
I had been transferred by my company to work in Amherst. Having already graduated from college and not wanting to live in a college town again, I commuted from Springfield. It was still worth it. Amherst was a funny farm. It was worth a 50 mile round trip commute to get out of there at 5:00 PM.