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    Portland Passenger Rail

    The state built an intermodal loading facility at the IMT, but from what I gather (mainly from another message board, I have no inside knowledge) it's far too small as these things go to be worthwhile, and there's no room to expand because so much land is taken by Portland Yacht Services. Plus...
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    Portland Passenger Rail

    https://www.pressherald.com/2024/04/25/planners-identify-3-possible-sites-for-new-train-station-in-portland/ I listened to the meeting. They discussed three potential sites: the long, squiggly parking lot that lies between Congress and Park Ave., behind and across the tracks from Amato's and...
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    Potential Soccer Stadium | Portland peninsula

    Good luck with the big announcement!
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    Portland Bayside

    From my understanding (admittedly, largely from this forum), Federated is, at this point, a shell company that just exists for the sake of these lawsuits.
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    Portland Bayside

    I give the reporter credit; sorting all that mess out was a decent bit of journalism. The before-and-after sliders (I'm not sure if they are new or were created years ago, possibly by @cneal ) are a particularly nice touch.
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    Portland International Jetport | PWM

    I didn't even think to look when I was in there 2 weeks ago; what's in the space where the first floor Shipyard used to be? Also, did anyone here go to the public meeting on the 11th?
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    General Portland Discussion

    I wouldn't expect something radically different from the Home2 they built in SoPo where the tiki huts were... and if they're under the same ownership as Residence Inn I would expect they're going to try to maintain the on-site parking for both (there's only so much room in the Gateway Garage).
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    Portland International Jetport | PWM

    So, if they're eliminating Taxiways D and F, is the orange Phase 9 construction of a new cross-taxiway? So, they're building what you suggested!
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    General Portland Discussion

    Given that I basically crammed myself into our existing home office when Covid hit, I'd have a hard time justifying the "exclusive business use" stipulation, and not being in a customer-facing role I have zero work-related car time (other than the occasional commute into the office which isn't...
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    General Portland Discussion

    As a Portland homeowner who primarily works remotely, how do I get these tax credits of which they speak?
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    Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

    I haven't been following the Boston forum; please help me out with the "tallest to the roof" item relative to 200 Clarendon.
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    General Portland Discussion

    I never read the recent Comprehensive Plan update in detail, but in skimming through it it seemed that the downtown office space sector, or what I think of as the "people who wear ties and/or pencil skirts to work" segment, was almost completely ignored.
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    Maine Medical Center Expansion | Portland

    Congratulations!
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    Portland Passenger Rail

    10-16 minutes for passengers to and from north of Portland (i.e., Brunswick / Freeport / new West Falmouth stop), per the MaineDOT report. Probably save a couple of minutes between Portland and Saco due to not having to cover that extra mile to PTC at slow speed. Also, NNEPRA would no longer be...
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    Portland Passenger Rail

    I recall that the NNEPRA BoD authorized Patricia to send a letter formally protesting the change, but I don't know if Amtrak leadership was amenable to leaving the Amfleets here or were just going to say "tough noogies."
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    Portland Passenger Rail

    As it stands, right now Amtrak wants to replace the current cars on the Downeaster with Horizons, a car that has a bad rep in cold weather. That will probably be what we have until the Airo's show up.
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    Portland Passenger Rail

    Any rail you traveled on in Massachusetts belonged to the MBTA, so if the issues were there that's on them :) .
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    Tallest building in town, can you name the city?

    Yes, that's what I meant... For some reason the one time I heard them mention Terre Haute (not sure if it was the pilot or a later episode) as where the kids were from before their parents died and they were sent to Uncle Bill in NYC stuck with me.
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    Portland International Jetport | PWM

    I believe the brief period that Air Canada ran direct flights to Toronto leveraged the preclearance there. But you are also correct that, in the event of an international arrival via charter or emergency landing, Customs and Immigration are called in from downtown. (Years ago, my mother worked...
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    Rock Row (née The Ridge, née Dirigo Plaza) | Westbrook, ME

    For those interested, these renderings and more can be found in the leasing listing at boulos.com. So far as the floor count goes, I chalk it up to soft demand for new office space. I am just glad that their current marketing materials still contain the bits that interest me the most: the cinema...

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