Vacant Superior Court frozen in time

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Vacant Superior Court frozen in time

LOWELL — The idiom “if these walls could talk” certainly applies to the vacant Superior Court on Gorham Street. The structure, which takes up an entire city block, has been the scene of heartbreaking criminal cases and heartwarming events like filing a deed on the ownership of a house. Today, the adjoining two-building complex, which is owned by the state’s Trial Court, has been vacant since 2020. But it still retains its curb appeal — due in pa…