Lowell, Massachusetts, stands apart as an exceptional city. Bursting
onto the scene in the 1820s, Lowell quickly became the workshop of
America, powered by the mighty Merrimack River and staffed by tens of
thousands of immigrants. Even as the mill era faded, people from around
the world kept coming to live and work in Lowell. In the 1970s,
community leaders imagined a new Lowell built on its legendary past and
echoing its early innovation, a renewed city that is now a global model
for urban revitalization. Since then, more than 400 buildings have been
preserved, and the city has become a hub of higher education, a center
for the arts, and home to a National Historical Park. This remarkable
transformation has been fueled by the cultural vitality of its people,
which is continuously refreshed by new arrivals from every corner of the
globe.