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Lowell by night
Tony Sampas captures some scenes of Lowell at night.
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‘Lowell’s Irish Micky Ward’
With all “The Fighter” buzz, this is a good time re-run Tom Sexton’s poem about the local boxing legend. One of the best things about a good poem is how it stands up to repeated readings or listenings. Maybe Tom should do an audio recording of his Lowell poems. People…
Read More »First Congregational Church – Smith Baker Center
Tony Sampas reminds us of the beauty (and the need for some repairs) of the exterior of the Smith Baker Center, formerly the First Congregational Church, on Merrimack Street across from City Hall.
Read More »40 Guns
The Lowell Sun yesterday reported that some 40 guns were stolen from a vault in a cellar of a house in Lowell. Is there a limit on how many guns an individual can legally own and store in one place? This quantity is more like an arsenal of handguns and rifles.
Read More »“Improved order of Red Men of Massachusetts”
In all of our talk about relocating the Passaconaway statue from Edson Cemetery to Pawtucket Falls, we skipped over the issue of ownership. The plaque on the statue, shown above, says that it’s the property of the “Improved order of Red Men of Massachusetts“, a group that Eileen L points…
Read More »Updated map of “The Fighter”
Earlier today I did my Tuesday afternoon call-in to WCAP to talk about real estate and events in Lowell. Host Jack Baldwin and I discussed the Google maps mash-up of Lowell locations where “The Fighter” was filmed. A number of listeners called in and added some locations: Warren Court which…
Read More »Bread & Roses Centennial Meeting, Jan. 15
Prof. Bob Forrant chairs the planning committee for the Bread & Roses Centennial Project in Lawrence. He sent this information about the upcoming planning meeting on January 15. “One hundred years ago this very week, thousands of workers in Lawrence had no idea that within just a few days they would engage…
Read More »Pawtucket Falls
Tony Sampas returns with some timely images of Pawtucket Falls
Read More »More on Locations of “The Fighter”
Last week Dick posted a Google Map mashup of the locations in Lowell used in the movie The Fighter. Another depiction of some movie locations can be seen in this YouTube video originally posted by patmc1nerney .
Read More »Passaconaway and Village at Pawtucket Falls
Jim Peters has sparked an interesting discussion with his essay on the Native American History of Lowell. Above is the statue of Passaconaway now located in the Edson Cemetery that Paul suggests should be moved closer to Pawtucket Falls. Below is another interactive map, this one showing various monuments, buildings,…
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