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http://www.yourmanchesternh.com/library/pdf/MaineStory.pdf

If Manchester is like the standard mill town, it has standard mill town problems. I'll assume without knowing for sure that it is fairly typical. What you have then in Manchester, and other places like it, including cities in every New England state, is an economic reality that set the places...

http://bangordailynews.com/2012/08/16/news/portland/ambitious-portland-to-auburn-rail-line-gets-game-changer-grant/print/

Commuter Rail: http://bangordailynews.com/2012/08/16/news/portland/ambitious-portland-to-auburn-rail-line-gets-game-changer-grant/print/

This is a terrible project. While it may add housing (great), and may look good from a dense-city perspective (good for aesthetics), it will add nothing to this neighborhood while taking away much. The people who live here will in all likelihood walk straight up to the COngress/Old Port areas...

Last night the council approved tax increment financing for credit enhancement for Opechee (Fore India Middle) and Village at Ocean Gate (Bay House), which means Bay House will be starting in 6 weeks or sooner, or else it looses its contract zone (which allows for taller height). So look for...

Hi Jim, I agree this would really dress that area up quite a bit. As it stands, the street has come a long way, but more is needed. This would bring a different element to it for sure. I hope it gets built.

A new 100 room hotel on Exchange Street is proposed. http://www.pressherald.com/news/newspapers-former-home-eyed-for-100-room-hotel_2012-08-03.html

The Congress Sq. Redesign Committee meets tonight at 6pm to decide whether to move forward with the Eastland/Westin ballroom proposal or keep the area public space. Or maybe both. I encourage anyone who can attend to do so and comment, and to otherwise share any input you may have via...

The arguments raised in this article are legally flawed; ironic given who they are attributed to. Comprehensive plans contain no mandates, they are guiding policies, so it is difficult to cite failure to adhere to non-existent mandates as a reason something is being challenged. Likewise, a...

OK good! P.S. this is Patrick, if you didn't know.

Hi John, This is Patrick, I use the name Portland Arch when I discuss things that I wouldn't want my name to be attached to publicly, such as items currently before the planning board, which I sit on. I wouldn't like to be perceived as taking an advocacy role or being susceptible to influence...

With the one exception of the Spring/Center corner (fantastic), totally unimpressed. In fact, some of the later renderings are so bad as to totally negate the positive impact of the corner. This is really terrible. All expense gobbled up by the interior, which is understandable (expensive to...

Thanks for the respectful conversation. I agree that you can mesh both the new and the old, and that this probably does that quite well. That does not, however, change my opinion that this doesn't "progress" out of the same old mindset that we look at buildings individually instead of as one...

I like the idea, but the materials? I don't think what is being labeled 'progressive' in this context is in fact the true meaning of that word. Progressive would be something that progresses out of the current mindset of making buildings look "modern" (why?) and respects the neighborhood as an...

For anyone hungry, there is a slab of baloney posted by PPH in today's 'Our View' column about Monsour and his waterfront plans. http://www.pressherald.com/opinion/citys-caution-correct-for-talks-on-waterfront_2012-07-13.html

The best parcel of the six considered would not be the Portland Co. (which is removed from the urban fabric and abuts the trail more directly than the City streets) but would, rather, be the empty and gated site in front of the Fore Street side of Ocean Gateway Garage. That is a keystone parcel...

Nice! I learned from a friend today of some neat information regarding application of a form-based code in India Street, potentially the City's first.

Thanks Portlander! Last night the Portland Planning Board approved a new Dental School for Stevens Ave on the UNE campus. It also almost unanimously voiced a lack of interest in lowering building heights along India Street. Two to three members of the public showed up in support of taller...