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Two weeks ago saw three different million dollar plus real estate deals in Lowell (Markley Group/Prince Spaghetti; Lowell Community Charter Public School/Mill No. 5; UTEC/Central, Prescott & Warren Streets). This week there was one deal of that scale: an apartment building at the corner of Stevens Street and Princeton Boulevard…
Read More »Tomorrow morning at 10 am the fourth edition of Lowell Walks will kick off from the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. The tour is Literary Lowell and the Pollard Memorial Library. It will be led by Sean Thibodeau, the library’s Coordinator of Community Planning. The tour…
Read More »If you are downtown in the next three days and want to talk to an expert about community empowerment, grassroots organizing, neighborhood dynamics, coalition building, and all the good things that make for a competent, healthy, and just society where you live, just look for one of the 660 community…
Read More »It doesn’t take much sometimes. It’s uplifting to see how much people appreciate a positive gesture, no matter what size. In addition to spreading a layer of loam and re-seeding the sports field at the South Common, the good folks at City Hall brought in a pavement company to resurface…
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Lowell Walks – Lowell High We had another successful Lowell Walks tour yesterday: “Inside Lowell High School” led by Headmaster Brian Martin. 88 people joined the tour which began at the National Park Visitor Center and then moved on to Kirk Street, entering the building at the doorway under the…
Read More »Tomorrow – Saturday, June 20, 2015 – is the Inside Lowell High School guided tour, part of the Lowell Walks summertime series. Meet at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street at 10 am to meet our tour guide, Lowell High Headmaster Brian Martin. The tour is free…
Read More »Reaching back into the archive ~ While later today we will remember the 150th anniversary of the dedication of Lowell’s Ladd and Whitney Monument, we will also remember that today June 17 is “Bunker Hill Day” ~ Bunker Hill Day marks the anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill, also known…
Read More »Lowell Walks/Public Art by Rosemary Noon At the invitation of Dick Howe, my husband, Paul, and I led a group of 110 people on a 90-minute tour of the Lowell Public Art Collection this past Saturday morning. It was the second installment in the Lowell Walks series for the summer.…
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Lowell Walks Thanks to Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon for the lively and insightful stories they shared during yesterday’s Lowell Walk. Thanks also to the 110+ people who participated which is up substantially from the 81 who attended last week’s inaugural walk on historic preservation. Today’s tour was on Lowell’s…
Read More »Dave Perry takes to the UMass Lowell website to share his observations from last Saturday’s Lowell Walks kickoff tour. The next tour is tomorrow morning at 10am from the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street. “Lowell Public Art Collection” is the topic and Paul Marion and Rosemary Noon…
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