SPRINGFIELD — Paul Picknelly watched the June 1, 2011, tornado tear over the Connecticut River into downtown Springfield from his Monarch Place office and hotel tower.
He recalls seeing a door — part of someone’s house — fly by.
Many of the South End properties that became part of the MGM Springfield casino campus, shown in the early stages of construction in 2016, were damaged by the 2011 tornado. (Don Treeger / The Republican file photo)
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