The Springfield skyline
Crossing the Memorial Bridge from West Springfield, the skyline is the postcard the rest of the country still has not figured out.
Downtown Springfield is a small skyline by the standards of larger northeastern cities, but every building in it has been earned. The 1929 Campanile peers over the Quadrangle. Monarch Place and Tower Square anchor the financial blocks. The MassMutual tower is hidden in the South End. The Connecticut runs along the western edge, pinning the whole picture to the river.
Springfield's skyline reads as the trade publications it deserves. This is an insurance city, a manufacturing city, a college town, and a riverfront city, and the buildings reflect every one of those identities. The new MGM frame at the southern end is the most recent addition, and the riverfront walk along the Connecticut is the next one being built.
The skyline matters to a directory because it is the first impression a household forms when they think about visiting downtown. Featured businesses sit alongside that picture in the editorial that surfaces when somebody searches for the city by name.
Be on the skyline tour
Featured listings ride the editorial that runs alongside
Take this stepMore from landmarks and nearby
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.
MGM Springfield and the South End
The casino opened in 2018 on the block bounded by Main, State, Howard, and Union, stitching the South End back into the rest of downtown.
Downtown after dark
MGM lit the South End. Symphony Hall lit Court Square. The Civic Center lit State Street. Downtown evenings finally have a calendar again.