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Yes, I don't see another hotel coming for the Time & Temp building. Perhaps Redfern can create apartments in the manner they did for the old Mercy Hospital building. For an immediate incentive to do this, give them an even larger tax break. But a downtown with new hotels and apartments and...

In a somewhat related reference, this condo across from 465 sold a while back for around one mill, I believe. It was on the market for awhile, and you can perhaps see why from the pics. The living space is not divided like a traditional home, and has a kind of weird--but still cool--library as a...

There is an opinion letter in today's PPH on the relative exception ease that Jim Brady got from the mandated affordable housing component. But the opinion piece responses in the commentary section fired off to this rabble-rouser with sound reason and logic. Brady is basically saving and...

I knew this was going to happen. They are beginning to gather to fight back. The only way the soccer stadium is going to work is to remove the traces of high school sports needs. It really has to be one or the other. Otherwise, doing this allows compromises of which always diminishes the...

Great. Thanks. But it's not the entire picture for sidewalks. Rock salt (residue) and sand used over the winter largely remains into the summer. It also kills the abutting grass. It looks sloppy, unsightly. And Maine's college campuses allow this on its walkways. I don't see this in Boston. Face...

I have two problems here. One, why do so many red bricks in Portland have white unsightly residue (road salt stains, I guess) on them? I get it for the sidewalks, but on the sides of buildings? Has anyone ever heard of power washing here? And second, I hate that white fireproofing spray coating...

And this could not be from a better and smarter developer than Brady. He will do for this building what he did for the former Press Herald one. I've stayed in many historic mid-rise and higher buildings renovated for use as a hotel, and nearly all of them get it wrong. He won't because he uses...

I think it's funny or ironic here that the building that appears to stand out the most is the Holiday Inn. Maybe it's pulling from some of that scenic whitecap vibe?

Hey, look at what I found. What city is this?

Well, as I like to say, a city's metro area is the true size of a city. Otherwise, El Paso, Texas is bigger than Boston and nearly double that of Miami. I've been to El Paso and it doesn't appear to be anywhere close. And so Worcester is not much bigger than Portland in that regard. Also...

And so Metro will pick them up and drop them off within a short or reasonable walking distance of where they live? Hardly. The Metro is not a viable from of transportation for everyone in Portland, or unless they are willing to walk a bit in the cold or rain. Like I said, it's a car rideshare...

Are they going to do some dredging since there is a designed pier and/or waterfront park? If not, the resulting odors will be off-putting and the views unsightly at low tide. They can select a water taxi company to operate a shuttle boat to the new public city dock next to Ocean Gateway. Maybe...

My dad told me that the Dunkin' Donuts was where the cops would sit at the counter to "mingle" with the prostitutes. Apparently, this part of Portland had an "element" to it, including the State Theater that showed X-rated movies.

Yes, the way that The Casco sign is positioned now it's almost like they are trying to hide it from view... "We're not really here on top of a hi-rise trying to be like Boston, so don't panic." Remember when the Westin was renovated and there was a public outcry about removing the giant EASTLAND...

Excellent. https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/the-roux-institute-breaks-ground-on-its-new-permanent-home-in-portland

You can get cocktails on the Downeaster now? Do they have a car dedicated to it? Put in a big screen with sports betting and its' now a home run!

The queues at the car rental counters looked like something seen in a much bigger metropolis over Labor Day weekend. I'd like to see comparative data on this metric with other airports around New England (sans Logan). I get to fly in and out of many airports around the country now, and the...

It's obvious why two lanes in the same direction on roads without exit ramps work better than one. One of the primary reasons that traffic slows down is because of turning cars. With two lanes in the same direction, it's simply going around this car without having to slow down. And if that...

Well, then get rid of cars. Make most walk and ride a bike (yearly average daily mean temp is 47.5 degrees, so a lot of shivering going on outside if not bundled up). Portland is not Amsterdam or Zurich, and can't be for many reasons.

And the idea to reconfigure Franklin Arterial too, will result in a big slow down of traffic on the peninsula going from west to east, or east to west. Portland has no real traffic issues now, or like other cities do. Virtually none, really. Why fix something that is not broken? Unless, they...