Recent content by markhb

It just dawned on me that they don't have to worry about height setbacks on the northeast side... there's no street there! (Assuming no one suggests recreating that portion of Chapel St.)

I see what you did there.

I pay for an annual print-delivery sub to the Sunday Telegram, which comes with access to everything (although it bugs me that it doesn't include stories on centralmaine or sunjournal, not that I can figure out anyway). I missed this, though; I'll have to go back and read when I have time! The...

I noticed driving by the other day, the top of that shaft is slanted, I assume to match the angle of the roof.

I'll point out that the Alfond name is all over the new UNE College of Medicine building, so they aren't ENTIRELY focused up north. I think the foundation is practical enough to realize that there is no meaningful push from leadership or alumni to move USM into D1, so why spend that volume of...

Any theories as to why Frontier is struggling while Breeze appears to be doing well?

Yeah. It seems they went out of their way to get that parcel just over the line for that reason. It's not like you can reach it directly from Portland without walking the tracks (I refuse to countenance the alternative; it's a good way to get killed).

Beating Little Rock surprises me, given that the city is larger and I don't believe there's a close alternative.

I don't know why they're pushing an office building so hard. Personally, I have no interest in the residential component; I have a house in Portland, I'm not moving to an apartment in Westbrook. But I do spend a decent amount of money on the stores they have there now and eagerly await the movie...

Thanks for the info, everyone (especially PWMFlyer for the explanation of how the pieces fit)!

Thanks. The one thing that makes me wonder about using Gate 5 is that it's in the middle of the concourse, so sealing arrivees off from the rest of the pax could be more involved. If they could use Gate 1A and B, I could see them having a single jetway that connects to both gates with a...

I was going to suggest (from personal experience) using this to get to cruises out of Galveston but the times are wrong (the plane travels IAH-PWM-IAH so it gets there too late for a Saturday cruise and leaves IAH too early on disembarkation day. (Note to the wise: don't fly in on the day your...

I can't remember the last time I used a gate that far down. Are all of 1a, b and 2 actually on the lower level and "walk out on the tarmac" gates like they (and 11 & 12) used to be, or do they have jetways now? Regardless, I would think those would be the ones used to feed into the FIS facility...

The annual tie replacement project; I believe they replace about a third of the ties every year.

It's not that the tracks are specifically elevated above Park Avenue (although there is, essentially, a very long, slow, continuous uphill grade from Rigby Yard to somewhere in Falmouth), it's more that Park Avenue is significantly lower than Congress St. Not to mention, that "elevation" is low...