Towns of New England: Explore Lowell's canal waterfront

We will meet 2 minutes into the blue hour and explore the waterfront of Lowell, MA. There are a lot of artificial canal branches of the Concord river before it merges into the Merrimack river. A few years ago, this was all abandoned factory buildings, but the city has started a vigorous construction program to fill up the empty lots.

There are new streets not yet visible on Google Maps, but a lot of canal views of old brick buildings, lovely reflections, decaying as well as brand new pedestrian bridges, and a lot of single, left-over exhaust stacks in odd places. Stark contrasts for black & white and smooth water reflections for color. It will be interesting to see how this area has changed since we last went there in 2021.

The suggested walking route is 1-1.5 miles long if you want to go all the way to the MassMills at the Merrimack river (shown above), for a roughly 2 mile round trip (see photo section of last meetup for the map - 2021 Lowell meetup. Shorter if you skip the latter.
A zoom lens in the 24-70 range will do very well here. Wear good walking boots and a warm jacket and light gloves: there might be showers after midnight, but the temps should be in the low 40s.

And, for those who are interested either before or after, Lowell has sprouted some nice restaurants (including Korean fried chicken) and pubs.

Please be on time, the group will start on time and spread out quickly. No guests, as always.