ANTHONY: YOU’VE LIKELY DRIVEN THROUGH NATICK OR SHOPPED AT THE MALL.
BUT THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THE METRO WEST TOWN.
TED: WHAT DO NEW ENGLANDERS KNOW ABOUT NATICK?
>> THEY DO NOT REALIZE HOW MUCH JOY THERE IS IN THE CENTER.
TED: THAT IS NATICK CENTER, THE REAL TOWN AWAY FROM ROUTE 9.
THE FIRST THING TO KNOW IS YOU DO NOT NEED A CAR TO GET HERE.
NATICK HAS A TRAIN AND IT IS RIGHT NEXT TO DOWNTOWN.
WHAT IS THERE TO DO?
PLENTY.
SHOPPING.
CREATIVE CRAFTS, BOUTIQUES, AND SPECIALTY STORES.
AND THEN, THIS ESTABLISHMENT.
>> THIS IS ME AND A FEW THOUSAND OF MY FAVORITE THINGS I HAVE COLLECTED ALONG MY TRAVELS.
THIS IS MY PRIDE AND JOY.
1930’S.
TED: YOU GET THE IDEA.
IT WAS IN THE FRONT WINDOW?
THIS IS AN INSTITUTION.
COMING UP ON 90 YEARS OLD.
TAYLOR HAS BEEN HERE SINCE 1964.
INJURING OUR OPERATION, SOME IS VERY DIFFICULTY AND SOME IS VERY SIMPLE.
-- IN DOING OUR OPERATION, SOME IS VERY DIFFICULTY AND SOME IS VERY SIMPLE.
>> EARLY IN THE MORNING ON JANUARY 13 1874, ALARMS WENT OFF AND A FIRE HAD BROKEN OUT AT A SHOE FACTORY.
TED: THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ACROSS THE STREET BUT THE PUMP DID NOT WORK AND A HOSE BROKEN TIME WAS LOST >> THE WIND SPREAD THE FLAMES.
BY 9:00 A.M., IT WAS REDUCED TO ASHES.
THE BUILDINGS YOU SEE ARE FROM 1875 AND IN THE FOLLOWING 10 YEARS.
TED: IN ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS, YOU CAN VISIT THIS.
IT IS A COLLECTION.
SCOTT PRESSLER KEEPS IT OUTSIDE HIS OFFICE.
PUBLIC IS INVITED AND THERE IS NO CHARGE.
>> PEOPLE COME IN AND GET EXCITED ABOUT SEEING THE CAMERA THEY HAD WHEN THEY WERE A KID.
AND THEN WE GET LITTLE KIDS WHO HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS TYPE OF TECHNOLGY AND ARE BLOWN AWAY BY IT.
THEY ARE USED TO THEIR IPHONES.
TED: EXPLORE THE CENTER OF MORE AND YOU WILL FIND THIS UNUSUAL SITE.
THE ZETA OLYMPIC STYLE FENCING SCHOOL.
SPECTATORS ARE WELCOME TO SEE THE ACTION.
BUT IF IT IS SATURDAY, THE PLACE TO BE IS THE NATICK COMMON.
>> IT HOSTS THE FARMERS MARKET YEAR-ROUND WITH CLOSE TO 50 FOOD VENDORS AND CRAFTERS AS MUSIC.
TED: AND CHECK OUT CASEY’S DINER , A FOURTH GENERATION FAMILY BUSINESS.
RENEE IS A REGULAR.
MAYBE YOU WOULD PREFER DATES AND OLIVES ON MAIN STREET.
WE CHECKED OUT BUT A CROP -- BUTTERCUP RESTAURANT AND BAR.
DORA IS THE OWNER AND TONIGHT SHE IS SERVING -- >> BUTTERMILK CORNBREAD SERVED WARM WITH VERMONT GOAT CHEESE, ORANGE ZEST, LOCAL HONEY, AND LAVENDER WATER.
WE ARE DOING A MIDCOURSE WHICH IS A DIVERSE GALLOP -- DIVER’S SCAPLLOP.
AND WE HAVE A COCKTAIL CALLED THE PINE GROVE AND THIS IS OUR ICE CREAM SANDWICH ON STEROIDS.
TED: OK, NOW IT IS TIME FOR A SHOW.
ONE BLOCK AWAY AS THE CENTER FOR ARTS IN NATICK.
IT IS THE OLD-TIME FIRE STATION.
>> THIS ATTRACTS 30,000 PEOPLE A YEAR TO NATICK CENTER.
TED: DAVID IS IN CHARGE.
>> WE ARE PRESENTING NATIONAL TOURING ACTS.
TED: PERFORMERS HAVE INCLUDED JIMMY TINGLE, LORI MCKENNA, AND SUZANNE VEGA.
>> WE DO LIVE CONCERTS AND MUSIC THROUGHOUT THE YEAR AND ON STAIRS WE HAVE 270 SEATS.
UPSTAIRS, WE SHOW OUR HOUSE FILMS, DOCUMENTARIES, NEW RELEASES IN OUR 120 SEAT VENUE.
WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE LOW TICKET PRICE, FREE PARKING, EASY ACCESS TO A NUMBER OF GREAT RESTAURANTS, IT IS A TERRIFIC VALUE.
TED: AND IT IS ALL IN NATICK CENTER.