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It's been dramatically scaled down. The hotel (condos on top 2) is at 12 stories, so what, maybe 130-140 feet high? And the adjoining residential is now one building, less than 100 feet high and maybe 8 stories? If you want a 250 foot height tower in Portland propose a 500 foot height one and...

I might be seeing him next month. I'll ask what's up. I have a client interested in a partnership with his upcoming bank vault bar at 465 Congress.

Brady's proposal? Or with the music venue site one? I don't think you can build height over a large open venue due to structural concerns. Maybe five levels of parking (1,500 cars) with the venue on top. Merrill Auditorium is worried about this proposal. It will take its easy profits away, The...

They should have fought to build the housing in the first phase. Where are they going to put the initial 2,000 students? It’s going to be non-stop shuttle vans all over town. I’m forever in awe of how the mostly older people in Maine still can’t think beyond their present state. And then we all...

Next month I need to travel from Portland to see friends who live about 25 min. east of New Haven. I thought about it. Instead, I'm taking the Downeaster to Boston and got a great deal on a premium SUV rental in the Seaport District, so going to to do that instead (and check out the new...

A good result, though wish there were some subtle color highlights for the exterior. And Sapporo from Commercial Street just moved in. I'm definitely going to hit that next month(y) (The Armature is also getting a Japanese restaurant and accompanying market this fall, from Miyake.)...

Could be worse...

It's primarily because they did not release any jarring images of a tall building. If you remember, early on and for a while after, it was only images from the ground looking up in a kind of wide angle, so that the top looked like it was fading away. That was kind of brilliant and sneaky of them...

“Ugly buildings, whores, and politicians all get respectable if they last long enough.” (John Huston in “Chinatown.”)

It's pedantic and overly dramatic, and in places contradictory. Nothing much here. It's just to get more eyeballs for the paper (ads). But I'd fix or tweak the top of this proposal build. One of the worst architectural moments for the city is coming up soon--perhaps next year. It's the PMA...

Looks nice. I read that the new UNE Medical school leased out the entire building.

Agreed. If you know that a metropolis is going to grow, naturally its transportation needs will follow. As I've said, a big garage could be built behind the Hilton Garden Inn for parking and rental cars. I don't think the neighboring dead people (in the cemetery) will mind. And the current...

Without proper insulation, there is no realistic scenario for this entire length to offer comfortable temperatures. Whether it's January and February below zero, or July and August above 90 degrees, it's going to become a kind of mad dash to the plane or terminal. It's always less then, when...

I'm curious how it will look from the street level of 295 as that's where most will see the skyline.

Newer buildings become de facto walls without the retail options and variety that older ones have. I lived in midtown Manhattan for a few years and the variety of stores, etc. is so high that less green space is not as much a factor. The Seaport is missing this--variety from the ground. But I...

The Seaport could feature more open spaces for socializing, like these new Pickleball courts, bar, etc. Otherwise, it's mostly a maze of tall buildings, with only lobbies to walk past and to look into from a pedestrian POV. It reminds me a little of Houston's upscale residential and office area...

For years, the Eiffel Tower stood out like a giant sore thumb in Paris. And if you analyze it a bit, it's like a steel skeleton for an unfinished building, so originally not that beautiful. This will become Portland's Eiffel Tower, though without the initial ugly aspect (aforementioned). (I...

It will be a fight, but the track needs to go to make it an ideal soccer stadium. Make this year really great for community and perhaps over the winter break propose that, but with adding something else the opposition will like. The benefit to a fully realized soccer stadium outweighs the idea...

If you could add maybe one thing here for kids (or if you haven't). Something safe, and something to occupy their time so that mom or dad can sit and rest for a bit. The intermittent ground level water fountain burst thing is good, but you'd need more room for that. Perhaps you've already done...

Moreover, as I've said many times, I get to visit many cities in the U.S. and it's the better hotels, bars, and restaurants. What I've noticed is that the rooftop view, or higher up, is best from 10-30 floors. This new tower proposal for Portland is ideal at 30. Why? The views of the harbor and...