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Mill City Grows Harvest Festival
Congratulations to Mill City Grows for a very successful Harvest Festival yesterday at Rotary Club Park on Chase Ave in Lowell. Here are some photos from the event:
Read More »Notes from The Lowell Plan Breakfast
The Lowell Plan breakfast held its annual breakfast on Thursday, September 26, 2013 at the UMass Lowell Inn & Conference Center. I was in the audience and took some notes. Here they are. The post is long but that’s because much that was important was said: In his opening remarks,…
Read More »H. H. Richardson ~ First American Architect
MassMoments reminds that Henry Hobson Richardson was born on this day – September 29, 1838. During his short life, Henry Hobson Richardson designed churches, courthouses, train stations, libraries, and other important civic buildings. Featuring semicircular “Roman” arches set in massive stone walls, Richardson’s unique style became known as “Richardsonian Romanesque” –…
Read More »Same Idea, Good Idea . . . Even Better with Mill City Grows Doing It
. . . And, garden pictures from Back Central in this video. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5KJBtfasok[/youtube]
Read More »Lowell, the Marketing Mecca
Outstanding tour of the Lowell Cemetery this morning with blogging colleague Dick Howe Jr leading about 100 people through the upper section of the cemetery. Of note was a strong narrative thread about industry magnates like Shedd, Hoyt, Ayer,Thompson, and Hood, each of whom was a marketing genius of a…
Read More »Lowell Real Estate: week of September 23, 2013
September 23, 2013 – Monday 45 Tilton St for $312,000. Prior in 2011 for $65,000 11 Rose Ave for $190,000 174 Mt Vernon St #E for $124,000. Prior in 2003 for $249,900 714 Lawrence St for $95,000. Prior in 2010 for $67,000 121-123 Eleventh St for $204,000. Prior in 1999…
Read More »City Council and Cross Point: Pivotal Vote on Cross Point in 1994
September 27, 2013
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PaulM
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I was interested to hear two people in two days refer to the consequential vote by the Lowell City Council in 1994 to put the City on record as backing the new owners of the Wang Towers, which were re-born as Cross Point. On Wednesday night, at a panel discussion…
Read More »‘Rowley’s Zinnia Riot’ by Richard Marion
“Rowley’s Zinnia Riot” by Richard Marion (c) 2013 This one is for all the gardeners whose gardens are falling down. The hardy zinnias are one of the last plants to go. See more artwork at www.richardmarion.net
Read More »Lowell Cemetery tours this Friday & Saturday
It’s once again time for the Fall tours of Lowell Cemetery. Here are the dates and times: Friday, September 27 at 1 pm Saturday, September 28 at 10 am Friday, October 4 at 1 pm Saturday, October 5 at 10 am All tours begin at the Knapp Avenue entrance which…
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