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Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’: Film News on HuffPo
The Beat Museum in San Francisco is now a contributing blogger for the Huffington Post. Here is a recent post about the forthcoming film version of Kerouac’s legendary novel “On the Road.”
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Lowell City Hall
Close-ups of the Lowell City Hall tower, by Tony Sampas
Read More »Wayne Peters, RIP
Wayne Peters came to Lowell to serve as Superintendent of Schools. Later he was elected to the Lowell School Committee and then to the City Council. His son, Jim Peters, a frequent contributor to this site, informs us that his dad passed away this morning in Florida and offers the…
Read More »John F. Kennedy Nominated for President ~ July 13, 1960
From History.com: On this day – July 13, 1960: In Los Angeles, California, Senator John F. Kennedy of Massachusetts was nominated for the presidency by the Democratic Party Convention, defeating Senator Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas. The next day, Johnson was named Kennedy’s running mate by a unanimous vote of…
Read More »The Sun Building
The Sun Building on Merrimack Street, by Tony Sampas
Read More »This Is Interesting: ‘The Start-Up of You’
It’s been a while since I dragged Tom Friedman over to rh.com, but today’s opinion essay in the NYTimes is worth reading twice, particularly to note how many times the Pandora radio inventor pitched his idea to venture capitalists. I remember reading somewhere about the dozens of times that William…
Read More »Civil War 150: Wresting the US Capitol From the Bivouackers and Bakers
Union soldiers at attention in front of the Capitol (Library of Congress Collection via NYTimes) In today’s New York Times “Opinionator,” author and reporter Guy Gugliotta tells us of the struggle to finish the job of building the new Senate and House wings of the United States Capitol as well…
Read More »Architectural details along Merrimack Street
The artistic eye of Tony Sampas caught these architectural details somewhere on Merrimack Street.
Read More »Small Cities Conference in Worcester
The study of the future of small cities continues as a Worcester conference focuses on the future of small industrial cities in New England. Two of those cities are in the Merrimack Valley – Lowell and Lawrence. From the Associated Press via the Boston Globe: The Federal Reserve Bank of…
Read More »Lowell: Public Visioning on Housing & Public Services Thursday Night
A reminder from Lowell’s Department of Planning and Development: In July and August, as part of the update to Lowell’s citywide Master Plan, the Department of Planning and Development will host a series of public visioning sessions to collect input from the community and help shape a vision for the…
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