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With all due respect to those that love to ride their bikes and those that live in walking distances - I rode the Downeaster to Boston fairly regularly before the pandemic. I suspect that will start to happen again as more and more folks head back to the office. I also live in Westbrook. My fat...

Ask and thy shall receive. It appears that Google Maps satellite image has been updated to reflect the state of the area this past summer (at least it has in Chrome).

Who in their right mind thought this was a good idea?

Turns out, the Restaurant Class 3 conditional use is for the Smuttynose beer garden that was proposed last year and approved by the Planning Board. The State had a problem with it being classified Restaurant Class 2.

People tend to have a strong emotional reaction to hyperbole.

TC_zoid comin' in hot with the PPH Letter to the Editor: https://www.pressherald.com/2023/01/11/letter-to-the-editor-proposed-portland-museum-of-art-addition-compromises-integrity-of-existing-design/

A few quick shots from this morning. The crane is in place, and they're beginning to assemble the parking garage (all pre-cast/pre-fab). This is obviously the least flattering angle of the project and Vertical Harvest structure, since the garage will abut this east side. I'll try to get some...

This needs to be a mural on the wall in the new entrance to the PMA :love:

Perhaps its needed for the proposed beer hall?

You can find far worse just as close to some of the finest hotels in Boston and NYC.

The loose, dangling wires taped to the side of the pole is a work of art

This might be my favorite post of all time on this board 🤣 (y)

https://www.pressherald.com/2022/12/19/developer-plans-to-add-800-housing-units-in-bayside/

Quick snowy cell phone pic while in the Old Port this morning

Yeah, I scaled it down to fit the property. This was more conceptual than anything.

This was the vision I posted for the property in the Crazy Transit Pitches thread back in February 2021 - a mixed-use urban development with a connecting train station

My money is still on that becoming a hotel

I think the parking in the original plan was mostly for the retail/commercial component, because prior to the design work on-going with William Clarke Drive and that greater intersection, this was not a location easily accessed by foot. If I recall correctly, they did get a waiver for have less...

The developer went in front of the Planning Board back in September to get an extension. He said project was put on hold. He was not going to be able to turn a profit on the development as proposed given the increase in construction costs from when it was first proposed. He said it's estimated...

Burke family has sold the Sea Dogs to Diamond Baseball Holdings, which is a division of Endeavor Group Holdings: https://www.milb.com/portland/news/portland-sea-dogs-announce-diamond-baseball-holdings-as-new-owner More about DBH: https://diamondbaseballholdings.com/...