The Beat Generation Cloudcast
This post is a bit of a detour from the photographic theme of this blog. I have been meaning to put this mix together for months now, and decided to finish it as details about the soundtrack to the upcoming ‘On The Road’ movie release are slowly starting to emerge. Due to the fact that … Continue reading
Central Street Station, Lowell
The former Central Street Station on Central and Green Streets which was the train station in Kerouac’s times, the present day train station is located in another part of the city nowadays
Lowell City Hall
… ‘what’s that immemorious word you told me on the Square, not on the Square, right in front of City Hall, the other night,… (‘Maggie Cassidy’ p. 10 Penguin Classics edition)
Lowell Canals and Mills
…, past the canals, the mills, the eternity millstacks rising high in the all-open-blue-sky,… (‘Maggie Cassidy’)
Nick’s
One of Kerouac’s former drinking dens in his later Lowell years (1964-1968), at that time it was called Nick’s and was run by his brother-in-law. Gorham Street, Back Central, Lowell,MA
Lowell High School
Jack Kerouac attended Lowell High School in the late 1930’s – the clock in the last photo was a gift from his graduating class, so it wasn’t there when he went to Lowell High, but it’s nevertheless mentioned in some of his Lowell-set books.
Boott Mills & Canal
Open homeroom window in Lowell, rose morn and birds upon the Boott Mill Canal… (‘Maggie Cassidy’ p. 50 Penguin Classics Edition)
Aiken Street, Lowell
‘Untying myself, I walked through the little bush patch behind the house and came to the parapets of the sandbank overlooking the rooftops afar. I could see Aiken Street, the Aiken Street bridge, the river, the mills, and the hills beyond; …’ (Jack Kerouac Selected Letters 1940-1956, p.295)
The Lowell Sun
Jack Kerouac worked as a sports reporter for The Lowell Sun for a short period in 1941 after leaving Columbia University
Pollard Memorial Library
Lowell’s Library, needless to remark that Kerouac visited it often throughout his life I guess
Retracing Jack Kerouac 