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I made a pretty major rewrite of the history section. Enjoy the process of revising it. Couldn't figure out how to cite offline sources; my source for the early history of the site of Lowell is Gookin. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.228.204 ( talk • contribs) 03:16, 27 July 2005
More recent additions: I changed the listing of "Centralville" to reflect the way it is spelled by the Lowell Police Department on their website; I have seen both spellings in wide use. The only neighborhoods I mentioned that are not listed on the Lowell Police Department website are "Lower Belvidere" and Oakland. Oakland is the area around Shedd Park (particularly on the south and east sides of Shedd Park: the school used to be called the Oakland School, and the Fire Station near the park was called the Oakland Fire House, I believe (and I think both buildings probably still have the name "Oakland" on them).
I added a short description of the government of Lowell. I added the names of the current City Manager and the current representatives in the Massachusetts House and Senate, and the representative in the US House, because those names don't change too often (but added a date). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.147.160.15 ( talk • contribs) 23:31, 16 August 2005.
[24.147.228.204 (27 July 2005) and 24.147.160.15 (16 August 2005) edits by same person. Yes, I want to remain anonymous.] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.160.15 ( talk) 23:37, 16 August 2005 (UTC)
I haven't spent much time in Lowell, but I very quickly noticed that there are a lot of immigrants from Africa there. Their presence seemed to define the character of the city nearly as much as the Cambodians. I'm moving to Lowell soon and will probably work on this article over time, but if anyone is knowledgable about this community, it seems important to mention. -- Brian Z 13:49, 18 August 2005 (UTC)
Prosperity? I find the line "The public and private funds that have been invested in Lowell in the past few decades have been paying off greatly." to be a little baseless and simply anecdotal. Are there any numbers that can back this claim up? Are more businesses being opened and surviving? Are median incomes rising faster than inflation? If there isn't such information, and instead we have only the assurances of the elected officials, I think it should simply be considered an advertisement for the city and not actually fact. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 128.253.229.131 ( talk • contribs) 13:59, 18 April 2006.
"Pawtucket was the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution. Slater Mill, built in 1790 by Samuel Slater on the Blackstone River in downtown Pawtucket, was the first commercially successful cotton-spinning mill with a fully mechanized power system in America." Chevin 15:06, 25 May 2006 (UTC)
Centrx, you removed a bunch of people who are definately spent a great deal of time in Lowell or were actually born in Lowell. If you can find information to the contrary lets discuss it here and make the list the best in can be. Not sure about some of them like John Kerry, but the ones below are pretty obvious IMO.
DrunkenSmurf 14:54, 8 June 2006 (UTC)
I am confused about whether or not Edgar Allen Poe is actually from Lowell? I know he was born in Boston but then moved out of state at a young age. -- Matt58 ( talk) 22:51, 3 February 2009 (UTC)
Per this section, I currently live in Lowell. Let me know if I can inform you on local things. Yankee Rajput 13:56, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
"The city of Lowell is home to thirty known active street gangs, many comprised of Latino and Asian youths."
I am just wondering why it is important to list that there are thirty active gangs in Lowell. The source is a quote from an individual, not an official agency like the police. Lowell does have gangs, but so do most cities in Massachusetts. I checked out the entries for the other large cities in Massachusetts. Most of these have worse crime rates, including Boston, but none mention a number of "active gangs" and most do not mention gangs at all. How about changing the entry about gangs to say: "Like most large urban communitees Lowell has some gang activity."?
Better yet why not remove the entry completely since nothing like it exists for the other large cities of Massachusetts?
I believe the current entry unfairly gives the impression that Lowell is a more violent place than it really is. 68.160.32.108 01:22, 9 September 2006 (UTC)Tom Whiting
The info box lists Lowell as having a Mayor/Councel government. This is incorrect I believe. Lowell has a Council-manager_government and the Mayor is more or less only a figurehead. Does anyone have a problem with me changing this? CSZero 14:49, 19 September 2006 (UTC)
"Please do not add links to your book to Wikipedia, as you did to Lowell, Massachusetts. This is considered spamming. Thank you, CSZero 16:54, 26 February 2007 (UTC)"
What has been asked and what I tried to address in adding the link to the Lowell page, is to address the French aspect in the state, and particularly, the women of French heritage.
I posted the link to the book, Canuck and Other Stories, because the book addresses that gap in the knowledge. http://www.rhetapress.com/ The book is an important book because it is authentic, written by the women who came to the U.S., Lowell, via the land bride to work and live. It is also available in French. This is not a commercial. I am serious about making these works known.
The world is set to view all things in terms of best seller lists, profit margins, etc. that I think we are duped into believing that advocacy is the same thing as seeking celebrity. I think it is not. I advocate for the voices of Franco-American women in many aspects due to the fact of the silencings that have happened.
If this wikipedia is to be up-to-date...inclusion of local diversities is the way to go. Rheta10 14:38, 27 February 2007 (UTC)RCoteRobbins, 2-27-2007
I think we should move the history section into its own article: History of Lowell, Massachusetts. For now, I've just tagged it a stub with a bunch of links, but I plan to, or others might, make it a bit more coherent and pull some of the size/pictures out of this article. CSZero 19:29, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
The history section on this page doesn't cite a single source, DalmatianMommy is correct. A large percentage of this information can be verified at [1]. What's the convention on how to attribute a section to a single source? CSZero 12:37, 28 March 2007 (UTC)
I would like to make some changes here:
"Belvidere is the mostly residential area south of the Merrimack River, east of the Concord River and north of the Lowell and Lawrence railroad. Belvidere Hill is an Historic District along Fairmount St. Lower Belvidere refers to the section west of Nesmith Street. Back Central is an urban area south of downtown towards the mouth of River Meadow Brook. South Lowell is the area south of the railroad and east of the Concord River. Other neighborhoods in this zip code are Ayers City, Bleachery, Chapel Hill, the Grove, Oaklands, Riverside Park, Swede Village and Wigginsville, but their use is mostly antiquated."
I would argue that Oaklands at least is still used, but I do know people who are not familiar with the term. Perhaps more important though is the definition given for South Lowell. The definition here is basically that of the Woburn Street area, whereas the official city "neighborhood" map contains many of these antequated neighborhoods in South Lowell. For example, Ayer's City, which is very clearly signed when exiting the Connector from Plain Street, is in South Lowell on this map. If we don't word it this way, the entire section of the city west of the Concord River and South and East of the Connector/River Meadow Brook is not in any recognized neighborhood. Since the 3A South exit from the Connector says this is South Lowell as well as the map, I think we should word the article as such, and then point out many of the specific sections, like the Bleachery (is there anyone alive still from when a Bleachery was operable there?) are obsolete. CSZero ( talk) 23:37, 28 February 2008 (UTC)
CSZero, the film has apparently indeed been renamed as The Invention of Lying. If you check the article itself, I have added a reference to Ricky Gervais's blog that mentions the name change in an April 2009 entry. It's kind a weird since this follows so closely on the heels of the February entry where he specifically mentions that the name is not Invention of Lying! My guess is that Warner Bros. told him he had to use the more basic/straightforward name, and that's what we're seeing here with the reversal on his statement about the title. – Fierce Beaver ( talk) 21:35, 8 May 2009 (UTC)
Both this article and the Cambridge article claim their respective cities to be the fifth largest in the state. I suspect it is this one that is incorrect, but I will leave it to someone familiar with these pages to decide. Debollweevil ( talk) 07:12, 29 November 2009 (UTC)
Might want to link this in somewhere. [2] CSZero ( talk) 18:59, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
David O. Russell was the director of The Fighter, as noted by The Fighter —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.216.137.144 ( talk) 20:26, 14 April 2010 (UTC)
It says that Lowell is ranked around the mid-100s in a crime ranking. When I checked the source for 2009, it puts Lowell around the mid-200s. Can someone verify this or is there something I'm missing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.147.251.239 ( talk) 06:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)
City of Lowell Master Plan Update Existing Conditions Report December 2011
NegMawon ( talk) 16:51, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
The Lowell Experiment: Public History in a Postindustrial City by Cathy Stanton
The Julian D. Steele Housing Complex in Lowell, Massachusetts: Tenant Outcomes for 2005-2009 by Craig Thomas
Lowell National Historical Park Ethnographic Overview and Assessment: Ethnicity in Lowell by Forrant and Strobel 2011
The American Community Survey from the Census Bureau will have the most current statistics: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by NegMawon ( talk • contribs) 20:31, 18 November 2014 (UTC)
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I've noticed that under the Private Schools section, the citation for St. Stanislaus School is actually from the website for St. Stanislaus in Fall River, MA. I was able to confirm that St. Stanislaus Elementary School did exist in Lowell, located at 368 High Street, and it is currently closed [1]. According to Google Maps, that address is now Holy Trinity Polish Church. I was unable to find any more info on St. Stanislaus Elementary School. I'm fairly new to Wikipedia editing, so what's the proper procedure for rectifying this? Con268 ( talk) 03:45, 7 December 2020 (UTC)
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Can anybody confirm the flag of Lowell? It seems dubious. Dylanvt ( talk) 21:03, 26 January 2021 (UTC)
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The chart listing private schools should be overhauled. 4 of the 12 on the list, or a full third, have closed permanently. It seems redundant to list closed schools alongside open ones. Maybe a separate chart should be made for schools that have closed? Or maybe in this section of the page there should be elaboration on the decline of religious education in Lowell as I'm certain there used to be many more religious schools in the past. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:18C:D080:22C0:EDFF:C4E3:91E0:BE33 ( talk) 17:13, 19 December 2021 (UTC)
I'm a new employee at the Collegiate Charter School of Lowell, and the URL currently listed is outdated. The new URL for the school is: https://www.collegiatelowell.org/ I would make the change myself, but I do not know how to do so. Would somebody please make this change? I thank you in advance for your time and attention to this matter. Recycler1973 ( talk) 20:09, 8 March 2024 (UTC)