The former Castro Theatre at Shattuck and Market Streets, Lowell,MA

The former location of the Castro Theatre at Shattuck and Market Streets, Lowell,MA

Pizza shop at Merrimack and Cabot Streets

Pizza shop at Merrimack and Cabot Streets

Site of Demoulas Superrette - Store #1 opened in MAR 1950, at 80 Dummer Street (corner of Dummer & Market Sts.), Lowell,MA. It was demolished in the late 1980s and is today a parking lot.

Demoulas Superrette - Store #1 opened in MAR 1950, at 80 Dummer Street (corner of Dummer & Market Sts.), Lowell,MA. The store was redesigned in 1954 to the design seen in this photo.

Former site of the first Demoulas Superette, built in 1950 by Athanasias (Arthur) and Efroine (née Souleiman) Demoulas. It was located at 80 Dummer Street and in Lowell,MA, renamed Demoulas / Market Basket.

The first Demoulas Superette, built in 1950 by Athanasias (Arthur) and Efroine (née Souleiman) Demoulas. It was located at 80 Dummer Street and in Lowell, MA, renamed Demoulas / Market Basket.

The Nesmith Building at Merrimack & John Streets (Mills42 Credit Union) - 14 AUG 2019

The Nesmith Building at Merrimack & John Streets (Fanny Farmers Candies) - 1972

The Nesmith Building at Merrimack & John Streets (G.M. Worthen Millinery) - 1920

Ricky's Doghouse, Tyngsboro Road, Chelmsford, MA (1970s)

(top) Ricky's Doghouse & Feeney's Florists, Bridge Street, Lowell, MA (bottom) Ricky's Doghouse, Tyngsboro Road, Chelmsford, MA

The Lowell Sun pricing and circulation 1913. In the interceding 106 years, circulation has gone from 15k to 43k. The daily price has jumped 150x and the monthly/yearly has leaped 600x!

The original Lowell Sun building (cir. 1905) at 8 Merrimack Street. Also shown are 'Putnam Dining Rooms' restaurant, operated by Frank E. Putnam at 10 Merrimack and Albert E. O'Hare's Furniture Company at 16 Merrimack. It was replaced by the current 10-story building in 1912.

The current, 10 Story, Lowell Sun building under construction at 8 Merrimack Street, corner of Middlesex and Prescott Streets (1912). Also shown is Nelson's Colonial Department Store, Frederick E. Nelson Company Proprietors, at the corner of Merrimack and Central.

The current, 10 Story, Lowell Sun building under construction at 8 Merrimack Street, corner of Middlesex and Prescott Streets nears completion (1912). The first floor doors remain uninstalled. Also shown is Nelson's Colonial Department Store, Frederick E. Nelson Company Proprietors, at the corner of Merrimack and Central and the rest of Merrimack Street to City Hall. are the restaurant, 'Putnam Dining Rooms', operated by Frank E. Putnam at 10 Merrimack and Albert E. O'Hare's Furniture…

Lowell Car Wash, 168 Plain Street - built and opened in 1962 by brothers Philip & David Levine (MALEV Trust), the company remaines in the Levine family today. The trust was named for their dad (Max Levine, 1888-1945).

The Lowell Car Wash, corner of Plain and Tanner Street - 2019

The 100-200 block of Central Street, Lowell, MA

The 100-200 block, Lowell, MA World Furniture and The Strand Theatre were raized in the 1980s to reopen views of the canal.

2018 The MFA on Hunting Avenue - showing the WW II memorial on Park Drive

1922 Plan for the MFA on Huntington Avenue