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METRO gets 5000 riders/day? In a direct service area of just over 130,000? (I counted Portland, Westbrook, Falmouth, and half each of Gorham, Yarmouth, Freeport and Brunswick since they get limited service). I'm not sure that's bragging numbers. I would think that one of the leading benefits...

This made me realize that, as is typical, a university took the summer off and waited until September to start grading.... 😆

That is the notorious 24-hour (they all were back then) Dunk's that was a known place to hire ladies of the evening. The area west of Congress Square had become something of a red light district, with the State Theatre showing X-rated films (as was the old Paris Cinema on Oak St.), Joe's Smoke...

Actually, as you might now be able to see, I quite like that red signage. Having grown up with any number of things painted at the top of the elevator tower below where the cell tower is now, ranging from the "EMH" Batwing logo of the Sixties to "Sonesta" to "Radisson," this signage actually...

They don't have a fancy lounge car, but the café does pour basic cocktails. And I still dislike the switch to dark blue.

The train is great if you're actually going into Boston, and even better for a cocktail on the ride home. But yes, using the train if you're going to Logan is nuts. And indeed, there are few people in my life I love enough to pick up at Logan, let alone drive them there. Coming from this...

Press Herald Update on Rock Row

Reddit had a clip from some publication interviewing the bee guy. It turns out he's from Massachusetts. Cool factor destroyed.

Catherine, I love the building, but... that sign is nearly impossible to read at night. I don't know if it's the lighthouse overlay or the letters being too close together or both, but... even during the day you can't make it out unless you're close and standing still. The next time my brother...

I do think that one of the reasons Sites 1 or 2 weren't chosen (besides the desire to maintain the current Portland maintenance facility) is that they don't want to get into an eminent domain battle with the owner of both those sites: MaineHealth, aka Maine Medical Center. Because that cozy...

The East- West Rail idea is so far on the back burner at Rock Row it isn't even funny. And to be honest, if they (Rock Row) really want to get creative, they specifically market their eventual apartments to UNE students and try to run a DMU shuttle on the Warren Ave. line from the gym (former...

It's in Portland, right by the Old Port (and literally next to Twelve) and specifically pursues the high end. I don't think DiMillo's can handle the really large yachts and the other ones are far away.

I had been meaning to get over there and take some of this!

It would be the state; the city has few resources other than TIF districts and possibly acting as a conduit for Washington money, and the county is rarely a relevant level of government for anything in New England.

I went to the NNEPRA board meeting Monday. I did ask, during public comment, about the possibility of acquiring the Ferguson building to allow a larger footprint for the station (and a waiting room > 750 square feet. Patricia seemed surprised by the question but said that all the building plans...

The bee has become a thing, at least in the Portland subreddit. Next time you're up, I would urge you to go get some pics of Hancock Street now that it's done. Most impressive way there: take Commercial St. east to India, turn up India, take the last right before Congress onto Federal, then...

I don't know if there's a published current estimate of how much it would cost to build the FIS; I know when I took the tour during the 2010 expansion open house, Paul said that, for historical reasons, Delta essentially had its own walled-off area "behind the curtain." and they were hoping to...

Indeed. The giant gap between the new ticketing hall and the inbound side, where the old ticket counters were, needs to be dealt with somehow. It's too wide for a low-use corridor and so it just seems creepy and awkward. Throw up some V-wall just to slim it down, and maybe someday when we have...

I am wondering if the small station is actually a feint by MaineDOT / NNEPRA to drive public feedback in order to convince whoever needs to be convinced to OK a move to buy the Ferguson building in addition to the smaller buildings along St. John St. Presumably that would also entail someone in...

Literally a decade since the last post... Mavodones Landing is finished and open.