Tag Archives: Lowell

Lowell’s oddball bridge

Posted on November 18, 2012 by admin

By Joel Thurtell LOWELL, Mich. — It doesn’t attract as many tourists as Italy’s Ponte Vecchio, but Lowell’s Main Street Bridge bears a certain similarity to that 14th-century pedestrian span over the Arno River in Florence. Lowell’s bridge, barely 100 … Continue reading →

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A bridge too far — my shopping mall

Posted on January 11, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Doggonit! There goes my plan for a shopping mall on Detroit’s Ambassador Bridge. The Michigan Court of Appeals put my hopes on the skids with its ruling January 10, 2012, that billionaire Manuel “Matty” Moroun must show … Continue reading →

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Lowell’s Ponte Vecchio

Posted on January 5, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The bridge that spans the Flat River at Lowell is easily more than a century old. It’s a model and a cautionary tale for me in my quest to turn my recently-acquired property — the Ambassador Bridge … Continue reading →

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My plan for the bridge

Posted on January 4, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell At last, Matty Moroun admits he doesn’t own the Ambassador Bridge. Some legal-minded people no doubt will claim that Matty is posing, that the holding company that supposedly owns the bridge is really a puppet controlled by … Continue reading →

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