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This is going to happen. A DYNAMIC and FUN soccer stadium for the Revolution will be built on this old power plant site next to the Encore and most in New England will want to come here. Portland can't build big like this, but it can still build smart. Many of the serious Sox fans come to...

The city has to cut something near $20 million from next year's city budget and is throwing out the possibility of a 9.6% tax increase if not. It or they do not have an understanding of how to generate revenue in today's world. The Fitzy land could be sold with an inclusion for part-time public...

You are discussing the past. Money is seemingly everywhere now. Be creative. An outdoor soccer stadium is a tough sell.

We need to think differently now, that Portland and Southern Maine have changed. Finding money for a venue (for more than soccer) that can also pull from Boston and Southern NH is realistic. I would contact New Balance as a potential source for some. Shamrock might be able to help too as he...

That would work. But I do think they/we need to think for the longer term of this facility. The location is ideal being so close to transportation portals and Maine Medical Center and USM and even walkable along Congress Street to downtown. I would opt for some underground parking too, for a...

The pier needs to be more functional than scenic. To the right is 295 with 8 lanes of traffic, and to the front Eastern Prom with a sewage treatment plant. I don't see this being a place to sit and "enjoy" the scenery. This existing proposal pier can have stairways that reach down to the bottom...

The design appears welcoming and contemporary without losing the historical feel of the original factory building. Dock a few mini yachts or maybe a small glass topped ferry (Encore in Boston has smallish ones that seem to work) and it's good to go!

I guess the definition of a bedroom community is that you have to come out of it (Portland) to use the living room (Boston). How often do Mainers, or in Southern Maine need to go to Boston? It's really only to attend pro sports games and top concerts, or Logan for international flights. Maine...

42 Atlantic Street... This is the strangest thing I think I've ever seen. Maybe it's a house of horrors. Looks like something you'd see on a dark Netflix series.

In today's PPH. One of the worst public shopping designs I have ever seen. It has a value of $32.5 million, but only if money is spent for a redesign. As it is now, not worth nearly that. It's a cold and unwelcoming and somewhat confusing retail plaza. It needs at least $10 million for a fix...

The numbers keep growing. Why can't they find a way to get the money to build another big garage next to the existing one? You can never have enough parking, right? Well, except for the Maine Mall, but that's a dying idea, showing up to brick and mortar to buy clothes, shoes, etc.

Oh, brother. It's made the Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13136267/Maine-Taj-Mahal-apartments-asylum-seekers-veterans-homeless.html **

There is such an easy and even better architectural solution, or for firms that are good at what they do. And yes, the director could be the key obstacle.

With 295, those coming from the north the fast and easy access to the Old Port will be gone with the new development. And for those coming from the south, the Commercial Street exit by the oil tanks will become even busier. I'm already re-thinking my planned route/s in my head.

It's either a busy office on the top two floors or the cleaning crew is going at it. They really blew it on the hotel part. If it had been 8 floors instead of six, the outdoor courtyard would have had an amazing view of the harbor from the sixth floor and the restaurant, also on the sixth, would...

Redfern has done more for fixing the housing crisis in Portland than anyone. Their projects are also usually inventive (especially Munjoy Heights). They should get a key to the city, but they kind of already have one (Lol).

Now this is where a top tier arch and design firm can come into play, with a much longer connector for the two buildings. The firm that they have selected will not measure up, so have another one just do this part. A comparative: The MFHA in Houston. You must see their contemporary addition...

This museum has little effective leadership. If Bessire is making 500K that is a de facto crime in a small city like Portland. The expansion needs to be focused more on how to generate additional revenue and not primarily a testament in honor of indigenous and other kinds of peoples, though...

It's the new Maine headquarters for the Church of Scientology.

There is nothing inventive or exciting about this proposed new public area. Simply wander around the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston for a comparison of what it could be. I'll give this a D+.