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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…
Read More »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…
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