Holyoke is a town in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States, located between the western edge of the Connecticut River and the Tom Range Mountains. At the 2010 census, the city has a population of 39,880. By 2017, the population estimate is 40,341. Sitting 8 miles (13 km) north of Springfield, Holyoke is part of the Springfield Metropolitan Area, one of two different metropolitan areas in Massachusetts.
Holyoke is one of the first industrial cities planned in the United States; built along with Dam Holyoke to harness the power of water from Hadley Falls, it is the only city in New England built around a grid road plan. During the late 19th century the city produced about 80% of the stationery used in the United States and is home to the world's largest paper, silk and alpaca wool factories. Although a small number of businesses in Holyoke work in the paper industry today, it is still commonly referred to as "The Paper City". Holyoke is also home to the Volleyball Hall of Fame and is known as the "Birthplace of Volleyball", as an internationally-played Olympic sport was created and was first played in the local YMCA chapter by William G. Morgan in 1895.
While working for Holyoke Water Power Company in the 1880s, Clemens Herschel hydraulic engineer found Venturi meters to determine the water usage of an individual plant in the Holyoke Canal System. This device, the first accurate means of measuring large-scale currents, is still widely used in a number of current engineering applications, including irrigation and carburetors, as well as flight instrumentation. Supported by city-owned canals today, between 85% and 90% of Holyoke's energy is carbon neutral by 2016, with an administrative goal in place to reach 100% in the near future.
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British colonies first arrived in the Connecticut River Valley in 1633 - a post established in Windsor, Connecticut, by merchants of the Plymouth Plantation. In 1636, the assistant treasurer of Baybury Bay and Puritan iconoclast William Pynchon led a group of settlers from Roxbury, Massachusetts, to erect Springfield on land which had been examined by scouts the previous year. They regard it as the most profitable land in the Connecticut River Valley for agriculture and commerce. This settlement, on the fertile farmland north of the first Connecticut main river (at Enfield Falls), the place where ships should move their loads into smaller shallops to continue north on the Connecticut River, quickly becomes a settlement that success - largely because of its lucrative position at Bay Path to Boston, the Massachusetts Line to Albany, and next to the Connecticut River. Initially, Springfield stretched on both sides of the Connecticut River; the area was eventually partitioned. Land on the west bank of the Connecticut River into West Springfield, Massachusetts; the area, previously allocated to landowners on the eastern side of the river in Springfield, was inhabited by colonists in 1655. Holyoke as a geographical entity was originally included as a parish; The 3rd parish in West Springfield, otherwise known as the "Irish" or "Irish Parish" was first established on July 7, 1786. Although the name Hampden considered, the area was later named for the son-in-chief of the first child of Springfield Pynchon's Springfield settlement. , Elizur Holyoke, who first explored the area in the 1650s. After the acquisition of land and development by the Hadley Falls Company, the city of Holyoke was officially established on March 14, 1850. The city's first official meeting took place a week later, on March 22, 1850.
The first post office in the area is called Ireland. Established June 3, 1822, with Martin Chapin as the first postmaster. It was discontinued in 1883. Another post office called Ireland Depot was founded February 26, 1847, with John M. Chapin as the first postmaster and his name was changed to Holyoke (with George Whittle as the first postmaster) March 14, 1850.
A portion of Northampton known as Smith's Ferry was separated from the rest of the city by the creation of Easthampton in 1809. The shortest road to downtown Northampton was on the road near the oxford of the Connecticut River, which was often hit by floods. The neighborhood became the northern part of Holyoke in 1909.
Holyoke had few inhabitants until the construction of the Dam and the Holyoke Canal System in 1849 and the construction of water treatment plants, especially paper mills. At one point more than 25 paper mills were operating in the city. The Holyoke Machine Company, a manufacturer of Hercules water turbines, was one of the many industrial developments of the era.
The population of Holyoke rose from just under 5,000 in 1860 to over 60,000 in 1920. Because of this surprising growth the municipality was officially included as a city on April 7, 1873, just 23 years after its original establishment as "Holyoke City". In 1888, the Holyoke paper industry spurred the foundations of American Pad & amp; Paper Company, which in 2007 was one of the largest office products suppliers in the world. The availability of hydro power allows Holyoke to support its own power company and defend it independently from American regional power companies. Therefore, the city was an unaffected area in the Northeast blackout of 1965, for example.
Industrial community planned
As one of the first planned industrial communities in the United States, downtown Holyoke has a rectangular road network - something new in New England. This road hierarchy is seen as a potential economic development tool because it is suitable for high-rise buildings, and the surrounding canals can be a source of recreation and relaxation. While the New York Commissary Plan of 1811 outlines the road and number system, the names of routes in the Holyoke grid system alternate between tree species for the North to South (Sycamore, Locust, Linden, Oak, Beech, Pine, Walnut, Elm, Chestnut, Maple), and the names of the founders of the Hadley Falls Company (Lyman, Dwight, Appleton, Cabot, Sargeant, Jackson), and several Massachusetts counties (Hampden, Suffolk, Essex, Hampshire, Franklin) for highway east-. The city's lucrative location on the Connecticut River - New England's largest river - next to Hadley Falls, the steepest river (60 feet), attracts Boston Associates, which has successfully developed the textile industry of Lowell, Massachusetts. From the late 19th century until the middle of the 20th century, Holyoke was the world's largest paper producer. The complicated Holyoke Channel System, built to produce paper and textile factories, sets it apart from other Connecticut River cities.
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Geography
Holyoke is located on 42Ã, Â ° 12? 11? N 72Ã, Â ° 37? 26? W (42.203191, -72.623969). According to the US Census Bureau, the city has a total area of ​​22.8 square miles (59 km 2 ), where 21.3 square miles (55 km 2 ) is ground and 1.5 square miles (3.9 km 2 ) (6.70%) is water. The city is bordered by Southampton and Westfield to the west, Easthampton to the north, Hadley, South Hadley and Chicopee as the river border to the east, and West Springfield to the south.
Holyoke is the location of Mount East, Mount Tom Range, and Mount Tom, at 1,202 feet (366 m) the highest peak trap in Metacomet Ridge, a linear mountain range stretching from Long Island Sound to the Vermont border. Mount Tom is characterized by its high cliffs, sweeping views, and microclimate ecosystems. The 110-mile (180 km) Metacomet-Monadnock Trail crosses Tom Range and East Mountain. Traces of dinosaurs and fossil specimens can be found at the foot of these mountains because of their unique geology. The dinosaur species, Podokesaurus holyokensis , whose fossils were first found across the river in South Hadley, is named for the area, and the city has in recent years passed through steps to try to protect fossils in parks, his garden from theft or vandalism.
Nearby Areas
Holyoke City is divided into 15 different areas; in alphabetical order, they are:
- Churchill
- City Center - featuring City Hall and Volleyball Hall of Fame.
- Elmwood - the oldest neighborhood in town; preceded Holyoke, originally known as "Baptist Village"
- The Flats - featuring the Holyoke Canal System and many of the leading structures built by Hadley Falls Company in the mid-19th century, as well as Innovation District Holyoke
- Highland
- Highland Park
- Homestead Avenue - featuring Ashley Dam, Holyoke Community College.
- Ingleside - featuring Holyoke Mall and Nuestras Raices.
- Jarvis Avenue
- Oakdale
- The Stone Valley
- Smith's FerryÃ, - features Dinosaur Foot Reservations.
- Holyoke South - featuring Holyoke Turner Hall.
- Springdale - featuring Springdale Park, the largest park in town designed by Olmsted Brothers.
- Whiting Farms
Architecture
The development of the Holyoke industry in the late 19th and early 20th century led to huge demand for new housing and accommodating structures as the population grew over 1000% from 1850-1890. Initially this request was filled by corporate housing, including examples as the Hadley Falls Housing District, whose structure was built in 1847-1848. Gradually, the Holyoke Water Company began building housing on its property for sale to working families, and by the end of the 19th century, more and more private housing developments began to emerge. The architecture of Holyoke can be characterized by a mixture of the Italian Revival, the Gothic Awakening, the Queen Anne and the Second Empire, with some examples of the Tudor awakening throughout its surroundings. The Philadelphia hut is also a common feature among the residential streets in the downtown area.
Throughout its history, Holyoke has been home to a number of local architects who form a unique urban landscape. Some of the most notable include George P. B. Alderman, who designed industrial buildings as well as Holyoke Post Office, apartment blocks, and many of Victoria's iconic properties in the city. Alderman has started his independent practice after becoming a student of James A. Clough of Clough & amp; Reid, best known as the architect of Tom Clint's iconic Mount Tom Summit and the Holyoke General Library. The work of architect Oscar Beauchemin forms the Main Street landscape in Springdale and many of the large, colorful multicolored brick houses built in mixed housing with low and low densities can be attributed to it, often with Renaissance Revival architectural motifs.
Millwright engineer and architect Holyoke own David and Ashley Tower, doing business under the name D. H. & amp; A. B. Tower, will continue to design more than 100 factories in the second half of the 19th century, and in many ways makes Holyoke identical to its current hold "The Paper City". The Holyoke paper factory of this period is largely the work of two brothers, who designed factories on five continents and among the first of the Kimberly-Clark Currencies and Cranes. In short they will design 16 factories and factories in Holyoke and, including a small design role, will do engineering work on multiple capacities in 25 cities overall.
Demographics
At the 2010 census, there were 39,880 people, 15,361 households, and 9,329 families living in Holyoke. There are 16,384 housing units in the city. Racial makeup is 66.0% White (non-Hispanic White 46.8%), 4.7% African American (Non-Hispanic 2.4%), 0.8% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0 , 1% Pacific Island, 23.5% several other races, and 3.9%% of two or more races. Hispanic or Latin of any race is 48.4% of the population.
There were 15,361 households, of which 34.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 30.5% were headed by married couples living together, 24.9% had non-husbands female households, and 39.3% is not family. Of all households, 32.0% consists of individuals, and 12.3% are individuals living alone aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.51, and the average family size was 3.16.
In cities, 26.4% of the population is under 18 years old, 10.2% from 18 to 24, 25.5% from 25 to 44, 23.8% from 45 to 64, and 14.2% are 65 years old or older.. The mean age was 35.0 years. For every 100 women, there are 88.3 males. For every 100 women age 18 and over, there are 83.4 men.
For the 2011-15 period, the estimated average annual income for households in the city was $ 36,608, and the average income for families was $ 41,194. Male full-time workers have an average income of $ 43,902 compared to $ 40,988 for women. The per capita income for the city is $ 22,343. Approximately 25.9% of families and 28.8% of the population are below the poverty line, including 45.9% of those under the age of 18 and 17.9% of those aged 65 and older.
The city reached its peak population just before the First World War in 1913, with a total of 62,300 people according to reports by school superintendents. After the deindustrialization period, the population reached a low of about 39,790 people in 2001, and has experienced some growth during its latest 2017 estimate of 40,341 people.
Politically, the city of Holyoke recently supported the Democratic candidate by a wide margin. In the 2012 elections, voters supported President Barack Obama over Mitt Romney with a 76% -22% margin, and Elizabeth Warren over Senator Scott Brown 70% -30%. Holyoke chose a gay mayor, Alex Morse, in the 2011 city elections.
According to the 2003 FBI Report on the Known Infringement for Law Enforcement, the crime rate of Holyoke in most categories is above the national average, in some categories significantly. Most of these crimes are placed in the category of property theft, with a crime amount of 2,822 properties.
Immigration and migration
Historically, the city of working-class immigrants, the first wave of factory workers was largely Irish. Irish immigrants began to settle in the area before the construction of dams and industrialization that followed, which is why the area is often referred to as "Ireland" or "Irish Parish." The Holyoke Irish roots are celebrated in the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade.
In the 1850s, factory owners started recruiting French-Canadians, who were seen as more docile and less likely to create unions because of the agrarian background and anti-union rhetoric promoted by QuÃÆ' Â © ulama at the time. By the time the city had reached its peak population of 62,300 in 1913, 1 of 4 residents was of French or French descent of Canada and the city contained the country's fifth largest population of Franco-Americans, more than the Chicago population at that time. In 1980 from a combination of economic change and cultural integration, this population comprised about 10% of the population, a number similar to those identified as French or French Canadians in the 2010 census.
Throughout its history, Holyoke has experienced fluctuations in the demographics of foreign-born groups. In the 1890 census, Holyoke has the third-largest foreign-born population, per capita, of any city in the United States, with 47% of the population born in other countries; this is only surpassed by Fall River, Massachusetts and Duluth, Minnesota. Then the wave of immigration led to significant growth and cultural influences of German, Italian, Jewish, Polish, and Scottish society into the first half of the 20th century.
Beginning at the end of World War II, large waves of Puerto Rican and other Latino groups began immigrating to the Northeastern United States, largely driven by the Agricultural Labor Program initiated by the US Department of Labor. Not unlike the Bracero program, over the next few decades, the agency actively recruited Puerto Rican workers to work on farmland in the United States; in the case of Holyoke, many who work in the valley tobacco farm, come looking for economic opportunities from the previous generation. At that time the municipal factories began to shut down dealing with changes in the economic landscape caused by early globalism and deindustrialization. Today Latin forms the largest minority group in the city, with the largest percentage of Puerto Rican residents of any city in the US outside of Puerto Rico proper, at 44.7%. The entire Latin population of Holyoke, at the 2010 census, is 19,313, or 48.4% of the city's 39,880 population.
Religion
As a city built by several immigrant groups throughout its history, Holyoke is home to houses of worship for various denominations of Christianity and Judaism. One of the oldest monikers in the city is the Baptist Village when the first congregation was established there was the First Baptist Church of Holyoke, which first built the meetinghouse in 1792, tracing its origins to five baptisms on the Connecticut shores in 1725, and continued as a trial today.
In 2010 it is estimated that 60% of Holyoke is religious, with the largest demographic being Christians, more specifically Roman Catholics, which comprise 49% of the city's population. In 2011, two Catholic parishes, Holy Cross and Mater Dolorosa were merged into Mary's Parish of the Cross. A number of other Catholic parishes, including Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Jerome's, and Immaculate Conception Parish also live in the city.
In addition to his parishes, Holyoke is home to a number of nuns of sisters including Providence Sisters from Holyoke in Ingleside, the Sisters of St. Joseph from Springfield who kept some house groups there, and the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi in Highland Park.
The Protestant congregation has played an important role in Holyoke's civilian life since its founding, including groups such as First Congregational Church of Holyoke, founded in 1850, First Lutheran Church of Holyoke, founded in 1867, and United Methodist Church of Holyoke, South Hadley , and Granby, who met at South Hadley, founded in 1810.
The Greek Orthodox Church, the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, has also existed in this city since its inception in 1917.
Holyoke is also home to a significant Jewish population. As one of 35 municipalities in Massachusetts with over 100 Jewish residents, Holyoke is home to some 1,300 faith-watching and two synagogues, the Sons of Zion Congregation, the Reformed congregation, and the Congregation of Rodphey Sholom, practicing Orthodoxy. The two congregations originated in the 19th century, with Rodphey Sholom founded in 1903 but tracing his relics to the Paper City Lodge of the Brith Abraham Order, founded in 1899, and the Sons of Zion founded in 1901; today both sessions often hold services together during certain holidays.
Economy
Recognized by his moniker, "Paper City", Holyoke's economic base was developed almost entirely around the paper industry for a better part of the late 19th and early 20th centuries; at a time this city was reported as the world's largest producer of stationery, writing and archives. While writing paper production has largely left the city, Holyoke is still home to a number of specialty paper producers, including companies such as Eureka Lab Book, Hampden Paper, Hazen Paper, United Paper Box, and University Products. Several international companies also maintain manufacturing facilities in the area, including electricity transmission plants for the US Tsubaki in Springdale, and the Sonoco cardboard recycling plant in South Holyoke. Several former paper factories in the past have been used as incubators for new manufacturing businesses as well; from 1973 to 1983, when relocated to a newly built plant in Deerfield, the first Yankee Candle plant was located in one of the buildings in the canal district.
Holyoke is also home to a variety of manufacturing concerns outside the paper and textile industry, including some producing machinery and industrial components. Until 2017, the oldest manufacturer was Holyoke Machine Company, established in 1863, serving large factories and factories with special parts and services; the company served several purposes and at one time the company produced a "Holyoke Hercules" water turbine model that served its industry, and had previously thrown a bronze door into the US Capitol Building. Currently, the city is still home to a number of companies specializing in equipment such as industrial vacuums, solid waste containers, plastics and rubber manufacturing, bookbinding agents and archival supplies.
In recent years there have been successful efforts to attract high-tech jobs to Holyoke and diversify its economic base. For example, a university coalition and technology company have built High Computing Center Green Computing Massachusetts, an energy efficient, high-performance computing center, in Holyoke that opened in 2012. These companies and institutions include Cisco Systems, Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT,) University of Massachusetts, Boston University, Northeastern University, EMC Corporation, and Accenture PLC. The data center has been built in Holyoke partly due to the accessibility of hydro power. ISO New England, a regional power transmission organization, based in Holyoke, takes advantage of downtown locations for easy access to metropolitan areas in New England and New York.
The retail sector has been a major company since the construction of Holyoke Mall, one of New England's largest shopping centers, in 1979. Retail has provided the city with a large and stable tax base, contributing over $ 7 million in taxes annually.
The city also has the headquarters of PeoplesBank, the largest bank in Western Massachusetts, as well as the local Holyoke Credit Union.
Education
The city's education needs are served by Holyoke Public Schools, as well as Holyoke Community Charter School and Paulo Friere Social Justice High School. Holyoke High School, William J. Dean Technical High School, and Paulo Friere Social Justice College. The city's private schools include the Catholic Mater Dolorosa School and Holyoke Catholic High School, the last of which is now in Chicopee.
The city is also home to Holyoke Community College, the first community campus in the state, originally created by the municipal school board. Currently, 2-year colleges selectively allow senior high school seniors to enroll in college courses to obtain transferable college credits, and have the highest percentage of graduate students completing degree programs and certificate programs among public universities. With the help of state and federal education, the university opened the HCC MGM Culinary Arts Institute in collaboration with MGM Springfield in April 2018.
Library
The Holyoke Public Library, found at 335 Maple Street, is one of the few examples of neoclassical architecture in the city of Holyoke, designed by leading local architect James A. Clough. It sits in the Library Park, donated by Holyoke Water Power Company in 1887. In 1870, the library was originally in a room in the old Appleton Street School. In 1876 moved into a large living room on the main floor of City Hall. It remained there until it was determined that it had surpassed the space and modern amenities needed. Holyoke residents are required to raise money to build a library and provide additional books. Under Henry Chase's leadership, $ 95,000 was raised. William Whiting and William Skinner, each giving $ 10,000. Clough, the architect who is in charge of designing the building, gives his services for free because his daughter is a loyal protector of the library. It was officially opened in 1902.
At the ordination ceremony of William Whiting, who was the library's president at the time, referred to the library as a "community college" and added that: "A library is part of the intellectual life of a community as its school, and should be generously supported as part of the system In this wall you will find writers devoted to literature, art and science, and they are free to anyone who will ask.We can tell the citizens of Holyoke you just have to ask him and you will find the knowledge to make your life useful and happy. "
Culture
A number of artists have been associated with the city since it was founded, including Irish-American sculptor Jerome Connor, who moved to the city at the age of 14, and became famous for his statues in Washington, DC including nuns from the battlefield, one of only two such memorials in the capital to respect the role of women in the American Civil War.
On May 2, 1885, Clark W. Bryan, publisher and stakeholder at The Republican, launched the Good Housekeeping magazine, originally described as "not being a bi-monthly cookbook" but "a family journal done for the benefit of a higher life. stairs ". The magazine was then published in Springfield after March 1887, and moved to New York after its acquisition in 1911 by Hearst Corporation. In the literature, Holyoke is the hometown of John Clellon Holmes, whose novel Go is considered to be the first published novel depicting the Beat Generation, ahead of the works of his colleagues Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg. Though not well known as Holmes, renowned novelist Raymond Kennedy sets out a number of his works in fictitious Holyoke, referred to as the "Irish Parish". The internationally acclaimed photographer Mitch Epstein also came from the city, receiving the Kraszna-Krausz Photography Award from England in 2004 for his photo essay Family Business . The 2003 book covers the last days of his father's furniture and real estate business in the city, reflecting deindustrialization and decline.
During the peak of his industry proficiency, Holyoke is a regular stop on the Vaudeville circuit, with the most famous actress, Eva Tanguay, known as "The Girl Who Made The Famous Vaudeville". Tanguay moved to Holyoke at a young age, spending his childhood in a city where he began performing songs at an amateur show at the local Parsons Hall in the 1880s. Tanguay was soon discovered by Pennsylvania tour company, and later became the first popular American musician to reach a celebrity of mass media. During his career, his name is known from coast to coast and he will get celebrities like Enrico Caruso and Harry Houdini. Edward Bernays, "father of the PR" goes on to describe his celebrity as "the first symbol of our emergence from Victorian times". Tanguay is just one of many acts associated with the city's history, it was in Holyoke that vaudevillian Sophie Tucker was discovered by Theatrical Syndicate's Marc Klaw who introduced him to Ziegfeld Follies Broadway in 1909.
Even when Vaudeville declined in the 1920s, it remained a regular stop for actors and musicians. Among other acts, Bing Crosby and The Marx Brothers are known to have played shows in the city at Victory Theater. Players from B. F. Keith Circuit will regularly tour in Mountain Park's own playhouse. Perhaps the most prominent place after the 1920s, Valley Arena Gardens hosts a variety of musical performances including the likes of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, The Dorsey Brothers, The Glenn Miller Orchestra, Frances Langford, Cab Calloway and Sarah Vaughn among many others still known in American popular culture today.
Places that once defined the history of the stage of Holyoke, there is little left; over the past decade efforts have been made to restore the Victory Theater by the Massachusetts International Festival of the Arts. This effort has included the introduction of the Victory Players in 2018, an international music residency program that plays contemporary classical music to support the funding of future theater programs. Today's places of Holyoke include Gateway City Arts, a converted paper mill now serving as a regular music venue, as well as the site of former Mountain Park, now used for some great outdoor concerts, and Holyoke Turner Hall, featuring smaller performances. The city also has its own symphony; Holyoke Civic Symphony, originally a project of Holyoke Community College, has played popular and classic pieces since 1967, based in Leslie Phillips Theater.
Museum
In addition to the Volleyball Hall of Fame, the city is also home to Wistariahurst. Named for the flowering vines that adorn the garden, the plantation is home to Skinner's Family that produces sewing and satin sutras, becoming the world's last largest producer. The museum is home to numerous contemporary and historic galleries and contains a large collection of archives for research. Although no longer in museum collections, Wistariahurst was once home to the famous Collection of Belle Skinner Musical Instruments, curated by Belle Skinner. Several decades after his death, the collection became an important part of the Yale University Music Instrument Collection.
The Children's Museum in Holyoke, started by the Junior League of Holyoke in 1984, features a number of live exhibits, including a water table, Lite-Brite wall, and various displays including 2,000 Pez collector dispensers.
Annual event
Holyoke is home to the parade St. Patrick's Day is the second largest in the United States, only surpassed by the New York City parade. Held every year since 1952 on Sunday after St. Louis Day. Patrick, the parade attracts hundreds of thousands of people from all over New England and the Eastern coast of the United States. In recent years Saint Patrick's Holy Day Parade usually draws 350,000 to 450,000 people every year. Featured in the parade every year since the first in 1952 is the Holyoke Caledonian Pipe Band, founded in 1910, is the oldest pipe band that continues to operate in the United States.
Since 1962, the city has held an annual Shad Derby every year in May with rare exceptions. The contest, started under Holyoke Water Power Company, is now run by the city's energy department Holyoke Gas & Electricity. Although it was unencumbered in time to enter the Derby record, part of Connecticut to south Holyoke Dam in Hadley Falls holds the world record for America's largest fishing, weighing 11 pounds, 4 ounces at the time. was attributed in 1986. Thanks to conservation measures, the river is known for the growing American shad population even today, a population that fluctuates between 226,000 and 778,000 fish since 2000.
Every June since it was first introduced by LGBT mayor and activist Alex Morse in 2012, the city has held flag-raising ceremonies in recognition of Gay Pride Months with events that often feature speakers, music, and moments of silence for victims of discrimination and ill-treatment.
The Puerto Rican community of Holyoke holds an annual Puerto Rican Day parade on the third weekend of July as part of the annual Hispanic Family Festival hosted by La Familia Hispana, inc. Each year the parade grows in popularity, attracting Puerto Rican people from across the northeast.
In the last week of August, the host celebrates Celeboke Holyoke at Holyoke Heritage State Park. The event, which was launched in 1986 to celebrate the opening of a new state park, features live music, food, open house events for businesses in the city center and the district's canal district. In its first year alone the show featured a laser show, and had 40 to 60 thousand visitors during the four-day event; But financial difficulties led to the cancellation in 1995. The show was revived in 2015, and has continued as a two-day event since then.
Since September 2016, the neighborhood association of Holyoke South has hosted El Tabor of South Holyoke a festival featuring local Puerto Rican cuisine, live music, and numerous events, including honors different organizations such as the Holy Trinity Greek Church and Nueva Esperanza for their contribution to society.
Every November, the International Volleyball Hall of Fame rewards the next class of inductees, as the year's best performers are named. The Hall provides three additional awards each year - Court of Honor Award for the contributions of volleyball team or organization William G. Morgan Award for outstanding sports support or promotion, the Mintonette Medallion of Merit Award in recognition of significant individual accomplishments, including coaches, referees, scorers, and other important contributors to the sport.
Destination
- Dinosaur Footprints, preserve dinosaur footprints along the Connecticut River
- East Mountain
- Gateway City Arts, shared workplace for artists and creatives
- Holyoke Channel System
- Holyoke Heritage State Park
- Holyoke Mall in Ingleside
- Holyoke Merry-Go-Round
- Mackenzie Stadium, home of the Sox Valley of the New England Collegiate Baseball League
- Metacomet-Monadnock Trail
- Mount Tom from Tom's Mount Range
- Robert E. Barrett Fishway, a lift system to enable fish to swim upstream of Holyoke Dam
- The Holyoke US Post Office, Captain Alezue Holyoke Exploration Party on the Connecticut River , an oil painting on canvas, painted by Ross Moffett and installed in 1936.
- Victory Theater
- Wistariahurst Museum
Sports
Volleyball Place
On February 9, 1895, William G. Morgan created a volley, originally known as "mintonette" because of its similarity to badminton, at Holyoke YMCA. Although the original YMCA building where the sport was first played lost to the fire in 1943, the Greater Holyoke YMCA remains an active chapter. Today the Volleyball Hall of Fame is in Holyoke in Holyoke Heritage State Park and induces a new class of athletes, coaches, and contributors every October. The city's heritage in the creation of the sport is also respected by two volleyball clubs in the Netherlands, who borrowed its name - Belfeldse Volleybalclub Holyoke, from Belfeld, and Volleybalvereniging Holyoke of Enter.
Baseball
The Valley Blue Sox, a member of the New England Collegiate Baseball League, play their home game at Mackenzie Stadium. Previous Quarry Concord Dogs from 2001 to 2006, the college's summer baseball franchise moved to Holyoke in 2007, winning their first NECBL Championship in 2017.
Holyoke has been home to several minor league and college baseball teams, among the first being Holyoke Paperweights from the Connecticut League from 1903 to 1911. The Holyoke Millers, the Double-A team, moved into town after a season in Pittsfield as Brewers Berkshire. Initial planning proved difficult for the team as they often had to coordinate with the athletic department of Holyoke High School and Holyoke Catholic High School for field use at that time. The Millers will leave for New Hampshire after the 1982 season, when the franchise changed its affiliates from Milwaukee Brewers to California Angels; The franchise is now Senator Harrisburg.
While unsuccessful attempts were made to attract new teams in the following years, Holyoke would not be another host until 2004. After their departure from Middletown, Connecticut, Holyoke Giants, the Baseball League Futures Collegiate team, Mackenzie Stadium became their home until 2007., later to become the Northern Lynn Navigator Shore.
Boxing
Holyoke has a rich history in the world of boxing. It was at Holyoke that bantam class Sixto Escobar, the world's first Puerto Rican champion, fought and won his first match in the United States on May 7, 1934, against bantamweight rivals and Canadian flyweight champion Bobby Leitham. Especially, the professional debut of Rocky Marciano takes place at Valley Arena Gardens on St. Patrick, March 17, 1947; the venue also serves as a ring for many other renowned fighters including Beau Jack, Fritzie Zivic, and Tony DeMarco. Prior to his professional career, one of Mike Tyson's earliest fights was at Holyoke Boys and Girls Club on February 12, 1983. As the 8th rank super-heavyweight amateur in the country at the age of 16, Tyson won the battle easily with knock-outs, and earned an amateur Western Massachusetts Golden Gloves. The Golden Glove tournament was held at Holyoke from 1958 to 2005, when it was transferred to Vernon, Connecticut. After 8 years of departure, he returned briefly to the city, and was held in Springfield today.
Media
Newspapers
The Republicans, based in Springfield and the Daily Hampshire Gazette of Northampton are the only daily newspapers that regularly serve the city. Holyoke's own notes, Holyoke Transcript-Telegram, which has been linked to the city under some variations of the name, ceased publication in 1993. Since then Holyoke has not had its own daily news source but has been served by the Holyoke Sun weekly, run by Turley Publications , which began publishing in 1995.
Since 2004 this area has also been covered by El Sol Latino's monthly bilingual; published independently from Amherst, it includes news about the Puerto Rican community, Pioneer Valley, with sufficient coverage given to Holyoke. The Republic also publishes a free Spanish-language weekly known as El Pueblo Latino, with distribution mainly in Springfield and Holyoke. Historically, Holyoke has had many non-English news publications. Between 1874 and 1910, more than twelve French newspapers were published. Many are printed only for a matter of weeks, while the best documented, La Justice weekly, was published from 1909 to 1964, becoming biweekly in the last six years. Another prominent example is the Polish Polish Gwiazda, or Polish Star-Weekly , among the best documented from at least four such publications.
Radio
Holyoke is served by radio stations in the Springfield market, including WCCH radio stations, Holyoke Community College, Mount Holyoke College's WMHC South Hadley, and WMUA from UMass Amherst. A WREA Christian radio station also broadcasts a Spanish-language religious program from a studio in downtown Holyoke.
Television
In addition to the television station serving the Springfield market, the city is also home to Holyoke Media, a non-profit public access medium.
Transportation
Highway
Interstate highways serving Greater Holyoke include:
- I-91 - North to Northampton, Hatfield, Greenfield, and South to Springfield, Hartford.
- I-391 - South to Chicopee, and Springfield.
Soon south Holyoke is the Massachusetts Turnpike, accessible from exit 14 at I-91 South:
- I-90 - East to Worcester and Boston, and West to Stockbridge, and Albany
The US highways serving Greater Holyoke include:
- US $ 5 - Run from Ingleside to Smith's Ferry, connect West Springfield to Easthampton and Northampton.
- USÃ, 202 - Run from South Hadley via Joseph E. Muller Bridge to Westfield, Massachusetts.
Massachusetts highways in this area include:
- Route 116 - A small highway passes through downtown Holyoke, connecting Chicopee to South Hadley via Willimansett Bridge and the Vietnam Memorial Bridge.
- Route 141 - A small highway connecting Easthampton on Mount Tom, through downtown through Appleton Street and Main Street in South Holyoke to Chicopee via I-391.
Bus and rail
The passenger rail service returns to Holyoke in August 2015, after a hiatus since 1967. Amtrak's Vermonter stops at Holyoke station once a day in every direction. Several buses from the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority also operate in the city, connected to Peter Pan Buslines at the Holyoke Transportation Center.
Environment
Despite the industry history, Holyoke does not contain the Superfund site. One of the largest polluters in the area is the former Tom Mountain Station, a coal mill in Smith's Ferry. Citizens mention higher rates of asthma, connecting them with plants and after years of discussions finally closed in December 2014. In October 2016 the ground was damaged at the site for construction of a new solar farm.
Twin Cities
Holyoke has in the past established twin city relations with overseas cities, including-
- Svaliava, Ukraine (1997)
- Tralee, Ireland (2017)
Less formal, symbolic and historical relationships have also been established with the following cities- Apremont-la-ForÃÆ'ªt, France (1919), at the end of World War I, in honor of the fall of the 104th Infantry, the city provided the village with a new stream of water, public baths, and community centers under the relief effort led by Belle Skinner. To honor this contribution, the village changed its name to the town square of Place d'Holyoke and the main street of Rue Belle Skinner. In 1930, a second-hand supply route built by regimental soldiers was dedicated in Massachusetts as the Highway Apremont in a joint ceremony between Holyoke and Westfield. San Juan, Puerto Rico (2018), after Hurricane Maria many Puerto Rican people sought refuge with the family in Holyoke, with over 235 additional students enrolled in Holyoke public schools in the following year's disaster natural; on April 27, 2018, the city's key was conveyed to the Mayor of San Juan, Carmen YulÃÆ'n Cruz by Mayor Alex Morse, in honor that "in desperation [he] provided a flare of hope and opportunity for the people of Puerto Rico" in the city community, and for his leadership after Hurricane Maria.
Famous people
(B) indicates that the person was born there.
See also
- List of milling cities in Massachusetts
Note
References
Further reading
General history
Culture and immigration
External links
- The official website of Holyoke City
- Greater Holyoke Chamber of Commerce
- Holyoke Innovation District, the official site, is operated by the Massachusetts Technology Collaboration
- Holyokemass.com - History and genealogy of Holyoke, Massachusetts
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