It’s my understanding that the air conditioning has been fixed and it should be good to go (thank you Craig for the updates).

I’ve gotten multiple e-mails about air conditioning problems and I also noticed that ours ceased to blow anything but lukewarm air sometime during the evening/night. I have e-mailed Cathy and trust she will take care of it. Please direct any further concerns to her at royal.cathy@comcast.net  If I have any more news–and a chance to post it–I’ll pass it along.

In case anyone hasn’t noticed the tents and signs sprouting around the downtown area, this coming weekend is the Lowell Folk Festival. If you’re planning on driving anywhere, a list of road closures can be found here.

Hope everyone has a great weekend—whether you choose to spend it at the Festival or elsewhere!

A request from Georgi:

I have 2 contacts for companies that can handle the replacement of our windows – Riverside Glass and City Mirror and Glass – both out of Lowell.

I’m wondering if there is any other company that anyone has used successfully for our windows.

If anyone has any suggestions or info, please feel free to add them to the comments or e-mail me.

Has anyone found a framed picture either in the lobby or by the elevator on the second floor? It’s about 18″x18″ with a gold frame and large, black Chinese characters on it. Please let me know if you have it (admin@canalplaceone.com) and I’ll connect you with the owner.  Thanks!

A resident accidentally left their iPad in the lobby last Saturday and it was picked up by these gentlemen right around 5pm.  Does anyone recognize them?  If you do, please let Cathy (royal.cathy@comcast.net) or Georgi know.  Thanks!

Lobby Office Help Wanted 

Do you enjoy meeting other residents of Canal Place?

Want to earn a little extra monthly pin money?

I am looking for someone who might like to cover a few shifts a month and to help man the office while I am traveling 

This would not be a major commitment – only a fill in position

Interested??

Call Chris at 508.662.7078
or stop by the Lobby Office and see me for more info.

Canal Place has no water because of a water main break at Market Street and Dutton Street. Please contact the water department for repair updates and timeframes.

The lobby office will be closed Saturday, the 1st and Tuesday, the 4th. It will be open Thursday, the 29th from 6–8pm and on Sunday, the 2nd from 9–11am.

A resident is interested in finding detailed, structural plans regarding framing, materials, etc. used in converting our turn-of-the-century mill building into the current condo units.  She’s found the architectural drawings from 1988 at the Registry of Deeds but they’re a fairly broad outline.  We’ve sent an e-mail to Cathy asking if she has info about in-depth plans and I expect we’ll hear back come Monday. In the meantime, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to see if any other residents had ever tracked down construction details or had first-hand knowledge about what went into making our units a reality. Please feel free to share anything you know in the comments.

I neglected to ask said resident if she was requesting info for practical reasons or simply out of historical curiosity.  If anyone’s interested in a broad history of this complex, there’s one here. I also know a fair bit about the Ingram and Axminster weave mill that used to be where the garage is now that I learned while researching my dance history book; I can post that info at some point if anyone would like.

As for construction history stories, for my own part, I can say that when we opened up our upstairs hallway to expose the wooden support post by the bathroom, it had some interesting graffiti.  And my old hairdresser from Billerica once told me that her uncle and his son were on the construction crew that did the conversion and talked about walking those beams high above the atrium.