We had lunch at the Wortham House Cafe'. It's a tavern of some note because a few famous people have bent their elbows there. Jack Kerouac, Edgar Allen Poe and Ed McMahon. One block up the street is the birthplace of the painter James Whistler. You know, Whistlers Mother and so on. I didn't get all the pictures I wanted. We went to the top of a parking garage to get a more prominent view of the city. I asked Dave how many floors the garage was, curious to see how high up we were going to be. He said 5 floors. It turned out to be 6 floors, but that's another story. Any way it was a bit disappointing and the sun was in and out all day with an occasional quick pelting of rain now and then. You can see smokestacks all around. All relics from 100 years ago.
There are beautiful homes and mansions away from downtown. I didn't get a chance to get any shots of them but I will some other time. I didn't get many shots of the factories but some have been rehabbed like the one on the right in the first picture and a close up of the building in the middle left to disrepair.
Lowell City Hall |
Lowell Public Library |
The Wortham house Cafe est. in the1880's. |
Whistlers house |
Fascinating. Loved the tour. The library is awesome course every pic is. I visited last post and forgot to comment. Hope you had sandwich ham ;-)
ReplyDeleteAwesome photos Paul. I would love to visit there. The trees are not turning here. The leaves are just dying. Because of the drought we had this summer. I still have hope for some of them.
ReplyDeleteYou could have been a great history teacher. I learn a lot by seeing your photos and reading all about places that I have never visited. The architecture of the past is really impressive. Thank you. Oh, and the perspective in your pictures is really interesting.
ReplyDeleteAwesome and beautiful building's , thank you for the tour.
ReplyDeleteHave a good day
Sheila