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Photos by Tony Sampas
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Bridge removal in Hamilton Canal District
City Manager Bernie Lynch gives a report on his blog of the removal yesterday of the temporary bridge over the Hamilton Canal on Jackson Street. Marianne Gries, Sopheak Sam and Lisa DeMeo were all taking photos. A couple are posted here.
Read More »Lowell and the New Urbanism
Yesterday I wrote a short post and linked to a Globe story about the worker-inspired migration of businesses from the suburbs to the city and questioned where did Lowell fit into this story. Adam Baacke, the city’s Director of Planning and Development, gave a thorough response which was followed by…
Read More »Update on St Patrick’s Dig
Dave McKean on the Lowell Irish blog provides updates on the ongoing excavation at the grounds of St Patrick’s Church by the team of archaeologists from Queen’s University in Belfast and their assistants from UMass Lowell: Here’s an update from Wednesday. Here’s one from Thursday.
Read More »Yesterday’s storm: another view
John Boutselis shared this photo of the clouds of yesterday’s storm as seen from the Reservoir atop Christian Hill.
Read More »The new urban migration of business
Today’s Globe has a story about businesses abandoning suburbia and flocking to the city, overlooking significantly higher rents to accommodate the strong desire of employees to live, work and relax in an urban environment. To those who believe in the path Lowell embarked upon years ago of downtown revival and…
Read More »Stormy Weather
Tony Sampas captured this view of today’s stormy weather as seen from UMass Lowell’s South Campus.
Read More »The City Seal – another variant
Tony Sampas found another version of the city’s official seal, this one on the Lowell Emergency Management bus.
Read More »The excavation in the Acre
I’ve not yet been to Ireland but my understanding is the country does not often – or ever – see warm and humid weather of the type we are experiencing here this week. Our visiting Irish archaeologists are showing no signs of curtailing their effort on the front lawn of…
Read More »Heat Wave
When you’re an early riser, nature often misleads you when making weather observations. At 5 am in mid-summer the sun has yet to rise and except on the most tropically humid days, the air seems fresh and invigorating. Once the sun peeks over the horizon, however, things change rapidly. The…
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