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7 years for public comment and input, 2 years for the design finish and permitting process, 1 year to choose a bid from a contractor, and 5 years to build. It's a 15 year timeline. And by this time, robots will have replaced the workers and they will break down a lot or make odd mistakes, I'm...

Just need that covered pedestrian bridge to the train station and this will be a great place to live (or work).

It doesn't appear like much was going on in the construction vein at Portland Foreside yesterday. But there was a yacht docked in the marina that is designed for services for other yachts. That's how you know Portland is a notable marina now. Six yachts are docked today, and not all have a...

I was bar hopping last night and there is substantial scaffolding being piled up on the southern side of the 7 story building. Facelift coming? Substantial new look?

Yes, definitely. I was in Shreveport, LA last week and needed a bit of courage to get on this United flight. I don't think I've ever been on a jet with this much chipping paint on the front. Is it lazy maintenance? And if so, what else are they not doing that's up to par? Portland is a good...

Great project! Various interesting arch looks for this housing along with highly insulated exteriors and heat pumps is the way to go for Maine's future! I can see a thriving mini-community forming here.

So happy to see this. A thriving city is usually a result from its post-secondary educational offerings. Look at Boston--MIT and Harvard. I was in Austin, TX last week and stayed for one night at at the fancy and hip Otis Hotel, of which adjoins the University of Texas, Austin campus. Wow. This...

The best wrecking ball accomplishment of all for Boston was removing the snaking 93 overpass that walled off the North End from downtown, then opened it back up by putting it underground to create the Rose Kennedy Greenway. "The Big Dig" was more like the "The Big Headache" for commuters. But it...

I don't have a problem with the wrecking ball, or much of it. But yes, kind of sad but maybe not. Change, or with buildings, is usually for the best. I'd much rather live in a new high-tech energy efficient design home than an older one like what's in the West End of Portland (look at what...

"Amshack", that's a great way to put it. Portland will be getting a new Amshack. Do they even bother to think about what they are doing? The public access to the station? If it's situated on one side at Congress Street it allows direct access for a major thoroughfare along with better access to...

This is all kind of a bummer because we on the arch blog can already predict what will happen from this less than attempt.

I think Boston might be leading the nation in new tall building construction with significant office space within? (South Station Tower, Winthrop, Hub, State Street) I've been to many different cities in the last few years and it basically all seems like condos (especially Austin and LA).

Eminent domain for the shopping center would allow a walkable location to Maine Medical Center and Hadlock, and the new soccer stadium. The only walkable location for this spot is Mercy Hospital, a small hospital that can't seem to make a profit, so it's now contracting (layoffs). If you don't...

Continuing on and upping the game with fantasyland scenarios in Maine, I'd scrap the traditional tracked train idea for points north of Portland and make a much bigger station for transfers to a new monorail technology. The Chinese have some truly amazing variations of this (slimmer and less...

Portlander, you can post things on your own but have to kind of fall in line with how the administrator of the page sees things. Otherwise, he/she will delete it. He/she wants copy and images that fall into the categories, of which are primarily historical and factual. There is a need to replace...

Yes. Wiki pages for cites come up prominently with searches and why have something blah? I think a new aerial downtown shot at sunset would be nice, along with a new Maine Medical picture. The current one is kind of embarrassing highlighting the turn of the century (1900) structure. A drone shot...

Creative. Probably a fun trip for everyone. But I was thinking more progressive and futuristic, but then again, it's Portland/Maine not Zurich or Tokyo.

For the immediate future, this train needs to be thought of as a Boston to Portland line. It works fine as it is for this idea. South Station in Boston is ideal because the train and bus work together as competing sources. It's nice having the bus option when you are headed to New York and the...

Construction costs (or cheaper labor) have severely hampered the state's ability to build projects as envisioned. During LePage's 8 years of de facto draconian xenophobia policies, the count substantially slowed, and if not, we could have allowed substantial immigration to help the problem...