CROSSROADS: Lowell -- A Boston 25 News in-depth report

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LOWELL, Mass. -- Every community has a past, a present, and endless potential.

Lowell is a prime example. The city, perhaps best known as the birthplace of the industrial revolution, is at a crossroads.

Lowell became the model city for other industrial cities, and then a catastrophic economic depression.

The past has shaped Lowell’s present and its population, which includes dozens of cultures and ethnicities.