General Portland Discussion

[Still Tom Nevers]

MECA&D is looking to restore the ground level Congress St facade, which I think could be a good thing if done right. Do any of you know when the existing canopy was added? Any photos of what it looked like prior?


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I found this photo that must depict a pre-expansion version of the building.

That’s from the Portland Landmarks page- https://www.portlandlandmarks.org/meca

Maine Memory has a photo from 1912 on this page-

https://www.mainememory.net/record/11160/image/11160

 

[cranewatch]

Curious, assuming that the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” gets enacted…will this unlock some of the many Greater Portland multi family housing projects that are on hold?

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/whats-in-the-21st-century-road-to-housing-act/

 

[mainejeff]

Curious, assuming that the “21st Century ROAD to Housing Act” gets enacted…will this unlock some of the many Greater Portland multi family housing projects that are on hold?

https://bipartisanpolicy.org/explainer/whats-in-the-21st-century-road-to-housing-act/

Do we have to lose voting rights for ding dong to sign it?

 

[Portlander]

 

[Portlander]

It appears that the canopy was added in the early 1940's from this photo. The first photo I'm guessing is from the mid 1930's without the canopy.

 

[MarkHB]

Personally, I'm a big fan of the mid-century stuff (and I love that older lettering in the second photo) and wish it would stay!

 

[nomc]

Results of a recent GPCOG survey on roundabouts

 

[Island Frye]

Scenes from the opening of Rising Eddy Community Pool in Portland

We were there to capture the big splash as the former Kiwanis Pool reopened after renovations that quadrupled its capacity.

www.pressherald.com

 

[NR2Portland]

That’s awesome!! Well done Portland! Seriously so happy to see how well done this is. So many core memories will be made here for those kiddos. Glad they have a cool place to go outside the house this summer. Great work by the City- now please maintain it!

 

[PWMFlyer]

Affordable housing project proposed off Portland’s Forest Avenue. Neighbors are wary.

2 adjacent buildings at 41 Ashmont St. would add a combined 63 units for older adults and people exiting chronic homelessness.

www.pressherald.com