Recent content by lunardinosaur

Thats too bad, I really liked the design of this one... Hopefully something good will take it's place.

Yeah, I agree. If they have to change the location to Spring street, I think it would be better scrap it all and start over. Design a new building that is intended to be in that location rather than just picking up the current design, rotating it 90 degrees and plopping it back down somewhere else.

Council votes unanimously to partner with MDOT on Franklin Street redesign https://www.pressherald.com/2024/02/26/council-votes-unanimously-to-partner-with-mdot-on-franklin-street-redesign/ Seems like a good first step, I hope it keeps moving along.

Quote from the Westbrook mayor on mainebiz.

It's horrid. What a bait and switch.

6 stories is very disappointing for that area... Sheesh. Makes me concerned about the rest of the development now as well.

It was at the end of the 10/10/23 Drawings pdf on the CSS. https://selfservice.portlandmaine.gov/EnerGov_Prod/SelfService#/plan/5e07d6e9-abf8-4e4b-9aef-15525c7a84a3?tab=attachments

It would be nice to see that stretch of Preble St. fixed up as well.

I wouldn't take it personally. The Portland subreddit is always filled to the brim with Eeyores looking to out-complain one another.

That is some serious nightmare fuel right there...

So with the improvements going ahead at Fitzpatrick, does that mean the possibility of a new stadium on the Back Cove is dead? Or is that something that could still happen down the line?

I quite like the academic building and the overall layout of the campus - but I'm not sure how I feel about having a 7-story parking garage being sort of the prominent thing people see when driving by? I was hoping the parking areas would be more disguised within the other buildings or...

Well that doesn't sound very good...

Not sure what is currently in the building, but the listing also mentions the upper floors being converted into residential: