State Street, downtown's east-west spine
From the Quadrangle museums down to the Armory, State Street is the artery the rest of downtown branches off.
Stand at the corner of State and Main and the city explains itself in three blocks. North to the Springfield Museums and the Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden. East past Mason Square to the old Armory. South toward MGM and the courthouse. State Street is the route every visitor learns first because it threads the parts of downtown that have to be in the brochure.
The Springfield Armory at the eastern end manufactured American small arms from 1794 to 1968 and now operates as a National Historic Site. The Quadrangle near the western end holds five museums and the seven foot bronze of the Cat in the Hat. In between, State Street is small business country, with diners and law offices and barbers and union halls all within a block of one another.
If you operate on State Street, you are closer to civic foot traffic than almost anywhere else in the city. A featured listing tied to your block puts your business in front of every household that searches for downtown by name.
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