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I flew via JAX once; it's closer to the Orlando attractions than Logan is to Portland, and at the time it was cheaper since it doesn't get the MCO tourist traffic. Unfortunately it was in the middle of the Delta pilots' strike and things went haywire coming home, but that wasn't the airport's fault.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe there's a 50-year minimum before a structure legally can start to qualify for historic preservation.

Off-topic from the museum, I'll point out that One Congress Square wasn't actually built as a home for WCSH. In my earliest memory, it was offices for New England Telephone. I don't know if that was because they wanted to keep an intown office location when most of the operations moved to Davis...

I've seen plenty of vitriol there, but rarely composed almost entirely of complete sentences.

https://www.pressherald.com/2024/05/20/portland-city-council-clears-the-way-for-demolition-of-former-childrens-museum/ They did it.

i wrote to my City Councilor, Kate Sykes, in opposition to the delisting and here's part of her reply (the emails went via the official city server so I assume them to be public record):

I thought it looked very nice, if a tad dizzying to look up at (expected). One thing that struck me was that you come in the main entrance where there's an info desk, and then double back down a long corridor to get to Admitting. Also, the elevators are plain stainless steel, rather than...

There's an opinion in the paper today opposing the zoning change for Northern Burner. Leaving that aside, one of the comments says regarding the former business, "...but it's still a little sad to see it gone. I feel the same way about Uhaul on Marginal Way." Is something happening with the...

I made it in to the open house last night; anyone else here? I'm not a medical professional but to my eyes it was pretty damn impressive. I slightly regret not taking the time to wait to try out the robotic surgery system (they had it set up with, literally, an Operation game on the table and...

The Portland Subreddit would maintain that you either don't exist or are preternaturally evil.

I co-sign everything @nomc just said. To me, the only thing that stands out as "wrong" with the current museum interior is the traffic flow in the lobby: the shop is somewhat secluded, and there isn't a delineation between entering and exiting traffic in the grand lobby (including, unless it...

Another brutal letter (IMO) in the PPH today, from David Chase of York. Most interesting... (I assume "the group that founded it" was the Portland Society of Art, which spawned both PMA and the former Portland School of Art, now Maine College of Art & Design.)

I'm sure it was a Rite-Aid; way back in the day that only Portlander and I know first hand, it was a Wellby Super Drug.

It turns out to be case sensitive... the link is https://mmc.org/opening . I just filled the form out and will see what happens.

Thanks!

"first independently owned full-service hotel [since the Portland harbor Hotel in 2002]" has an awful lot of qualifiers. Does the Press Hotel not qualify because of its membership in Autograph Collection? But an electric luxury car service to take you anywhere within 3 miles.... Libbytown for...

I believe they're talking about a June opening for it! Does anyone know if there's a a direct access from the porte cochere to the garage? So you could drop off whoever you're dropping off and then proceed directly to the parking without having to go out onto Congress?

That is the Portland Square area and it has its own existing thread. Right now (and for the past few decades), the surface parking has largely served the One and Two Portland Square buildings that were built in the late 80's.

A very minor nitpick I noticed on their lot plan: Larrabee Road is no longer Route 25. Ever since they built Exit 47, 25 turns off of Brighton onto Rand Road and then follows onto the Arterial into Westbrook. Business 25 sticks to Brighton and then follows Main St around the rotary by the mill...

Since grabbing the Westbrook Planning Board materials is a fleeting thing, I just noticed that Rock Row does have a workshop for some minor changes to their contract zone slated for Tuesday, May 7, and the packet materials are posted now. One of their PDF's is a site plan showing all the...