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Western Avenue Studios[edit]
History[edit]
Western Avenue Studios sits on the banks of the Pawtucket Canal.[1] Until the 1840s, the area was undeveloped. By the 1850s three things were identified on lots: Howard's Lumber Yard, the City Stables and the Lowell Manufacturing Company.[1] Maps in 1879 include a small Locks and Canals building.[1] The first building, the A Mill, was built by 1896.[1] The site next become the home of the Massachusetts Mohair Plush Company from about 1906 - 1950s.[1] It was next owned by a succession of companies including: Joan Fabrics, Collins and Aikman, and BPV Lowell LLC.[1] BPV Lowell LLC refurbished the various buildings of the mill to include artist studio space and offices.[1]
To Do[edit]
- sources other than website
- http://library.uml.edu/clh/Russ.Html
- http://www.nps.gov/lowe/learn/historyculture/upload/LOWE-ARCHIV-FindingAid-08-MMPCo.pdf
- http://chace.athm.org/results.php??category1=&object_type=&name_title=&subject=Plush%20mills&maker=&place_made=&description=&date_made=&op-earliest_year=0&earliest_year=&op-latest_year=0&latest_year=&id_number=
- http://www.nefa.org/creative_economy/projects/western_avenue_studios
- http://www.nps.gov/lowe/planyourvisit/redevelopment-rove.htm
- http://www.richardhowe.com/2016/11/01/western-ave-thorndike-street-history/
- any important artists?
- What do other studios/artist spaces include?