Monday, October 11, 2010

Mass. Man Finding lots of Oldies


"For the better part of this city’s history, the Park Square Green served as Westfield’s center of commerce and the main gathering place for its citizens.

As the green is being dug up to make way for a progressive new traffic plan, so too is its history.

Literally.

Witness a 1752 Spanish reale, coined not quite a century after Westfield’s 1669 founding. It’s among the finds that attorney Robert Walker made during a summertime exploration of the Park Square Green."

Read more HERE.

Image Credits: The Republican / John Suchocki

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