Monday, May 4, 2009

Beautiful to Behold

That is the title given the article by Jennifer Myers in today's edition of The Lowell Sun.  This article, third in "an occasional series" talks about Belvidere.  I figured I better post quick, before Greg Page puts something up on his blog, The New Englander.

In all modesty, I almost avert my eyes when I read:
LOWELL—Judge Edward Livermore was enchanted from the first time he laid eyes upon the vast tract of land. In 1816, he bought the 150-acre Gedney Farm in what was then Tewksbury, renaming it Belvidere—"beautiful to behold" in Italian.

The moniker rings true nearly 200 years later in what many feel is the Mill City's most sophisticated neighborhood, high on the hill overlooking the downtown and the city's lifeblood, the Merrimack and Concord rivers.
But, this is a beautiful area, and being a "blow in," I have a number of places against which to compare—24 (25 if you count Erdorf) before I moved here with my wife.

There is a lot to like about Lowell. Thanks Jennifer.

Regards  —  Cliff
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2 comments:

  1. The New Englander5/04/2009 09:05:00 PM

    Cliff,

    Call me scooped -- I'm swamped in some briefs right now in PowerPoint world, and missed the article completely so thx for the heads-up..Steve Hattan has been a regular at all the UML community talks and brought up all those points last Tues about involving the businesses..tomorrow night's topic is homelessness and I hope to have something up Wednesday..

    ..but if turnabout is fair play, I figure I'll be the one throw up the link to the article about Hamas changing its tune, at least in words..

    best,
    gp

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  2. C R Krieger5/04/2009 11:36:00 PM

    Greg, the Powerpoint Ranger.  Good luck there.

    A war story.  In the Summer of 1990 Iraq invaded Kuwait and the J-5 MEAF (Middle East/Africa Division) folks were using "Harvard Graphics" and the J-3 Current Ops types were using "MacDraw" or maybe "Powerpoint."  In this situation the push goes to the J-3 folks.  My youngest son, who had driven to the Pentagon to give me a ride home, knew the system the J-3 folks were using and so spent the late part of two afternoons in J-5 spaces in the Pentagon, helping the MEAF folks prepare their briefing slides to go into the consolidated J-3 brief.  However, he always averted his eyes when "classified" data was being put into the slides.  And, the MEAF folks being quick learners, they soon dispensed with his free services.  But, that is how my youngest son helped fight DESERT SHIELD.  Lacking the thirty days or a combat wound, he got no medals.  But, I am still proud of his contribution.

    Regards  —  Cliff

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