Chasing Echoes: Unraveling New England’s Typewriter Legacy
Restoring vintage typewriters: A portal to Lowell’s past, igniting inspiration for writing today. Explore the journey of authors-turned-restorers.
Read MoreRyan W. Owen, Writer and Photographer
Restoring vintage typewriters: A portal to Lowell’s past, igniting inspiration for writing today. Explore the journey of authors-turned-restorers.
Read MoreWhat would New England be without its mill towns? In what universe would mill towns like Lowell never have developed here?
Read MoreLowell’s New Block boardinghouse stood on Dutton Street for over 120 years before it fell to mid-century ‘progress’ in 1966.
Read MoreWhen it opened just before Memorial Day in 1959, Lowell’s Prince Grotto Restaurant promised big things. “New England’s finest Italian restaurant,” they said, catered to “those who know and appreciate fine foods elegantly served.” And for nearly thirty years, the Prince Grotto served fine Italian, American, and French cuisine from its well-hidden alcove down Carter […]
Read MoreNearly 160 years ago, Civil War General Benjamin Butler built Camp Chase on the site of the Lowell middle school that now bears his name.
Read MoreToday, we’re publishing our new guide to the history of Lowell’s neighborhoods! Get the link here.
Read MoreThat Harvard Brewery building stares at you, like it has a secret. Because it does. When you pull in to park at Lowell’s Target, those twelve little windows peer forward, each covered with corrugated sheet metal that’s been painted the color of pistachio ice cream. (Why?) That Harvard Brewery building has ghosts like anything that […]
Read MoreWhether you call it pop, tonic, soda, or just plain Coke, the soda fountain owes its modern form to one Gustavus D. Dows who ran a drugstore with his brother at 213 Central Street in Lowell in the mid 1850s.
Read MoreHave you ever stepped inside 530 Stevens Street? Within those walls that now house Lowell Catholic, there’s history.
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