Starting off early, I passed through Clinton,
Old St. Mary's Elementary School,
132 Franklin Street
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Spanish Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Lofts at Lancaster Mills, 55 Green Street |
Clinton District Court |
United Church of Clinton |
Trinity Lutheran Church |
Bigelow Mills, ~467 Main Street |
Prescott Mill Apartments,
24 Water Street
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Faith Bible Baptist Church |
Atlantic Union College in Lancaster,
Harvard,
Harvard Police |
200 Ayer Road |
and Pepperell.
Finally, I reached Lowell, and did some sightseeing before heading to Dracut for lunch at Kashin Garden, a Japanese restaurant.
From here, I decided to head to Dracut for lunch, passing by a few places along the way.
Kashin Garden is a pretty decently decorated place, with a Chinese-Japanese menu.
For my $30 groupon, I decided to get all Japanese dishes, getting the Tuna Peppers (Tempura jalapeno, stuffed with spicy tuna topped with tobiko and special sauce)
and the Inari Pillows (Fried bean curd skin stuffed with shrimp, kani, tobiko, avocado and spicy mayo) for appetizers,
while getting the Kampyo Maki (Avocado, cucumber, ebi shrimp and kampyo wrap with soy paper topped with baked spicy scallop).
All the dishes were actually pretty good, although I guess I'm not much of a fan of green peppers. I'll put a recommend for this place in a small suburban town.
From here, it was back to Lowell for more sightseeing.
Grace Baptist Church |
Giant Water Tower,
Campbell Drive near Wedge Street
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Dr. Gertrude Bailey Elementary School,
175 Campbell Drive
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Chelmsford Street Baptist Church |
Iglesia Cristiana Ebenezer |
St. Casimir's Church |
First United Baptist Church |
Iglesia Pentecostal Arca de Refugio,
60 Lawrence Street
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Portuguese Seventh Day Adventist Church |
Gateway Center, 10 George Street |
United Teen Equality Center |
Old Boston Maine Railroad Station,
Green Street and Central Street
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Lowell Session Middlesex Juvenile Court |
War Memorial,
Sladen Street and Pleasant Street
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Beaver Brook Reservoir, ~68 Pleasant Street |
For my $30 groupon, I decided to get all Japanese dishes, getting the Tuna Peppers (Tempura jalapeno, stuffed with spicy tuna topped with tobiko and special sauce)
and the Inari Pillows (Fried bean curd skin stuffed with shrimp, kani, tobiko, avocado and spicy mayo) for appetizers,
while getting the Kampyo Maki (Avocado, cucumber, ebi shrimp and kampyo wrap with soy paper topped with baked spicy scallop).
All the dishes were actually pretty good, although I guess I'm not much of a fan of green peppers. I'll put a recommend for this place in a small suburban town.
From here, it was back to Lowell for more sightseeing.
Merrimack River Valley House |
St. George Antiochian Orthodox Church |
Transfiguration Greek Orthodox Church |
Market Basket, 331 Fletcher Street |
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St. Patrick's Parish |
Western Canal,
Lewis Street and Broadway Street
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Holy Trinity Hellenic Orthodox Church |
Murkland Elementary School |
Mercier Multi Service Center,
21 Salem Street
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Old St. Jean Baptiste Church,
741 Merrimack Street
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Acre High School Apartments |
City Hall, 375 Merrimack Street |
Irish American Memorial,
Dummer Street and Market Street
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Pollard Memorial Library |
Cannon outside City Hall |
Smith Baker Center,
400 Merrimack Street
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War Memorials,
Merrimack Street and Arcand Drive
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Kennedy Civic Center |
Lowell High School |
St. Anne's Episcopal Church |
Lucy Larcom Park, French Street and Father Morrisette Boulevard |
Tsongas Center |
The Worker,
Market Street and Shattuck Street
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St. Joseph the Worker Shrine |
Lowell National Historical Park |
Finally, it was time for the first museum of the day, at the Whistler House Museum of Art, the birthplace of painter and etcher James McNeill Whistler, who painted the famous "Whistler's Mother" painting. Whistler Park is right next to the house, but was totally covered in snow.
I headed into the house and had to pay an entry fee of $5. This place is pretty small, but has some nice artwork, including a copy of Whistler's Mother.
Next, it was on to the National Streetcar Museum, which talks about the history of streetcars in Lowell as well as in the rest of the world. This place is pretty small too, although pretty informative as well.
Next it was the New England Quilt Museum, which was literally right next door. I had hoped that it would be about how quilts are made, but it was more just a collection of interesting looking quilts. Pictures follow.
I still think the American Textile History Museum in town is better though. I spent the rest of the daylight hours wandering around Lowell and taking pictures.
Next it was the New England Quilt Museum, which was literally right next door. I had hoped that it would be about how quilts are made, but it was more just a collection of interesting looking quilts. Pictures follow.
My next destination was the Boott Cotton Mills Museum at 115 John Street in the midst of the Lowell National Historical Park, passing through the Mogan Cultural Center, which had an exhibition about the Mill Girls of the time that Lowell was the Spindle City of Massachusetts.
Next to the cultural center is the Boarding House Park on the corner of French Street and John Street, a nice place with a lot of monuments, though covered in snow.
Next to the cultural center is the Boarding House Park on the corner of French Street and John Street, a nice place with a lot of monuments, though covered in snow.
The Boott Cotton Mills Museum was close by, containing a huge weave room which was extremely noisy, and a small exhibition area about the textile industry in Lowell and its history.
Old Central Fire House,
134 Middle Street
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Homage to Women, 148 Market Street |
Old Central Market House,
45 Market Street
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Bell, Central Street and Prescott Street |
Morse Federal Building,
Middlesex Community College Lowell Campus
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Bridge over Pawtucket Canal |
The Concord River |
The Lower Locks, ~17 Warren Street |
Pawtucket Prism |
Lowell Memorial Auditorium |
Immaculate Conception Church |
Christ Church United |
Immaculate Conception Rectory,
3 Fayette Street
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Massachusetts Mills Apartments,
150 Massmills Drive
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Bridge Street Bridge over the Merrimack River
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With that, I called it a day for sightseeing and headed to Burlington for dinner at The Mughals, a pretty nice little Indian restaurant in town.
Having some money to spend on my groupon, I got the Limca (Indian Lemon Lime Soda) for a drink,
the Murg Ka Shorba (Chicken soup with boneless chicken and spices) for soup,
the Konju Pappas (Delicious kerala backwaters special prawns dish prepared in creamy coconut milk, tempered with curry leaves, mustard and dry red chillies)
with a side of Peshavari Naan (Bread stuffed with crushed dried fruits, baked in Tandoor and topped with butter and coconut powder) for my main dish,
and finally the Ras Malai (soft cheese patty in thickened sugar syrup) for dessert.
The drink was actually not bad at all, not too sour or sweet. My main dish with the naan was excellent, while the soup was just okay, and the Ras Malai is still not my cup of tea.
With that, my day of exploring the museums in Lowell came to an end.
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