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This coming Saturday is the second edition of our Lowell Walks summertime guided walking tours of downtown Lowell. Beginning at 10 am at the National Park Visitor Center at 246 Market Street, the tour is free, requires no advance registration, and will be conducted rain or shine. This week’s tour…
Read More »Historic view of the South Common on postcard (courtesy cardcow.com) 100 people of all ages on the South Common at 7 pm. Talk about place-making. These basketball players, dog-walkers, strolling families. blanket-sitters, bike riders, soccer ball kickers, playground kids, circus performers practicing, and others are making the park a…
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Lowell Walks kicked off yesterday morning with 81 people gathering at the National Park Visitor Center to be led around downtown by Fred Faust on the Preservation Success Stories tour. Faust, who is the President of The Edge Group, a real estate consulting firm, and was an assistant to US…
Read More »In my Week in Review column last week I endorsed in principal the proposed deal whereby the city would acquire ownership of eight bridges that are now owned by Enel. A friend writing under the pseudonym Hans Hammermill left a thoughtful comment on that post suggesting that the city should…
Read More »I want to extend the reach of a letter in today’s SUN written in support of US Rep. Niki Tsongas. Read the letter by Ellen Murphy Meehan here.
Read More »Tomorrow at 10 am kicks off the all-new Lowell Walks summer walking tours of downtown Lowell with Preservation Success Stories led by Fred Faust. Fred has invited several building owners and Charles Parrott, the Lowell National Park’s Historical Architect, will join him. There will be some great stories shared on…
Read More »I tuned in after the meeting had commenced. Councilors are questioning Police Chief Taylor now. Councilors seem to concur that the proposed budget is a responsible one that is has no fat in it and therefore has nothing that demands to be cut. They observe that much of the items…
Read More »Years from now when someone is writing the history of Lowell in the twenty-first century, the week of May 23, 2015 will stand out. I’m serious. Consider the following issues that were all addressed by the City Council at Tuesday night’s meeting: Hamilton Canal District With last week’s news that…
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