More independent businesses like cafes, restaurants, stores, galleries for local artists to display work, small concert venue for local musicians since Lowell has so, so many, cultural center, maintenance of kerouac park

I have lived here since 2004. Downtown is always in flux. I agree with Seajay, this isn’t it’s best vintage. I have heard that some of it has to do with how they redid Merrimack st. To make it two way and took away parking. That said, I still make my way downtown all the time. For restos, the theater (check out MRT), art, or just walking around. Really there is tons of stuff there if you look. Ever checked out the quilt museum? Or the textile museum? Boot cotton mill? The lochs? The Whistler house (fun fact, the upstairs is dedicated to a famous Russian artist and it’s mentioned in a recently published book by a Russian author who became an American citizen at the Lowell memorial auditorium). It’s there just might have to look a bit.

What are the 3-4 record stores?

What do you wish downtown offered, that it currently does not?

Dr. Isayev is my dentist, and I like that I can walk from home to get a teeth cleaning. I also like that I can wake up on the weekend and have a handful of choices within a 10 minute walk for breakfast/coffee or lunch. Not to mention, the library is not too far away.

On another note, how is Mochinut? I’ve walked past it a few times on my way to Nibbāna or Gormley’s, and it was super packed for the first couple weeks, but it seems to have died down. Is it any good?

I'm with you! Happy to talk sometime about how to make it all happen!

I think it's just sad to see a city with such potential and beautiful architecture to suffer. It would be nice for more businesses to move in to help bring more money into the city so that they can keep cleaning up litter, revitalizing canals, etc

RIP Lowell Burger Company…worst run restaurant in the history of restaurants, best burger in the history of humanity.

I don't know, man. I just walked to Mill City BBQ and everyone here is friendly and it smells amazing and I can't wait to take my dinner home. I'm as happy here as I ever was in Cambridge, Brookline, or Jamaica Plain. We all know downtown is a work in progress, but I'd rather stand with the folks trying to make it better than point out what it's not. Let's get a beer sometime at the Worthen House and talk it over. Panela.

I will make sure to visit the dentist on Saturday night after buying milk and visiting the tailor

Mill No. 5, Four Sisters Owl Diner, at least three if not four used record stores, two(or more??) independent bookstores, a movie theater (free admission on Weirdo Wednesdays), restaurants of all types of food, National Park, Cornerstones ($$$$), three or four or five music venues, artist buildings with open studios monthly, reportory theater, townie but historic bars, three or four fairly cheap parking garages, all this steeped in literary history and art history. A little spread out but still easy to walk. I'd call it a win.

Just a few of the famous from Lowell - Kerouac Whistler Betty Davis Michael Chiklis Olympia Dukakis Scott Grimes Micky Ward Milton Bradley Demoulas brothers An Wang Ed McMahon

The amount of dentist practices is crazy!

Concept 6!

I wouldn’t call that a bar 🤣

>There's really only el potro, little delights, the ramen bar, and boba. Market st only has the book store, brewd, and warp and weft.

Downtown does not cater exclusively to your demographic. Businesses that don't appeal to you appeal to another demographic. For example, people who live downtown have easy access to 3+ dental practices. There are places where I can buy milk, beer and wine. There's a diner. There's a tailor. There's https://www.mochinut.com/

I hope that Downtown Lowell will never become a 'Spring Break Destination'.

Objectively Downtown Lowell is one of easiest places to live without a car https://www.walkscore.com/score/middle-st-lowell-ma-01852

Take the CR to Boston

It’s always had 50% empty store fronts, fluctuating around. Vibes right now seem on par with 08 recession vibes.

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In addition the Influx of homeless And addiction definitely doesn’t help .

Downtown Lowell is trash 🗑️… been from Lowell all of my life … and here’s some reasons :: commercial leases are expensive AF! So businesss hesitate to setup , the city doesn’t allow for dope modern aesthetic due to its “history “, the parking sucks, the cool places get shut down due to altercations - and truthfully Besides seeing a bunch ignorant college kids on a Friday night Lowell people barely frequent it.. There is some nice food spots and a couple bars … other than that now you have some answers . Don’t get me wrong it’s had it’s good times but that’s about 10 years back or so .

Good luck! Let us know if ya find it.

Someone else recommended that and no, that's not the one, but thanks for the suggestion

https://youtu.be/TZH7OZpznow

Is this the song by chance?

tangos basement show! tonight!

The Boat in Dracut has fantastic bands perform there