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340 Cumberland, that tall one across from the construction site, adjoining the garage. Apparently, it was built for the Preble Company as a storehouse (per the 1924 tax records on MaineMemory,net).

This thread got me looking; I didn't realize that the former Confidential Destruction building is now a data center! Does anyone know the history on that one, and what it was originally built for? It's pretty weird, with no windows on 3 sides.

I'm still not a fan of this one. A park there is completely unnecessary given the proximity of the Eastern Prom Trail and there are better uses for the property.

That's largely the parking for the delivery trucks. They said during the meeting, they build more than what is needed so trucks don't back up on the main road (you don't have vehicles trying to jockey for space while others are waiting to get in the lot). Yes, it's more efficient for them as...

Is this the former church site on the corner of Preble?

I hadn't realized how much was actually built! Elm St. isn't a very relaxing drive at the moment :) .

If they are doing limited stops, why on earth are they taking Main St. rather than the Arterial? Especially since the Rock Row transit hub will only be reachable from the south entrance.

Just in time for the start of spring training!

It was 100% a Turnpike project, so no gas taxes involved. And they've already raised the tolls to pay for most of it.

Just going by what's in the public record, did they say anything about Friendly's relocating? Or are they just going to close?

At the other end of the waterfront.. lawsuits galore as the subcontractors on the cold storage facility say they haven't been paid, and their options are limited as the state owns the land.

NNEPRA did have a Board of Directors meeting yesterday, even though they never updated the website to say it was happening. The minutes from April 22 say this about the station relocation project (emphasis added): WTF with the City not wanting to participate in the mediation process? Anyone...

NNEPRA has scheduled another Open House, this one at the Roux Institute (100 Fore St., not the construction site) on June 9 from 5-6:30. Image copied completely without permission.

The Metro actually had an authentic London Routemaster double-decker bus at one time that it used as a tourist attraction. Of course, one of the first drivers who took it out tried to drive it up Park Avenue and slammed into the trestle at St. John St, so it had a huge dent in the top front...

(Incidentally, the above-mentioned study resolve actually passed the Legislature and was signed by Governor Mills... but there is a section requiring MaineDOT to go find the money for it. I don't know what became of it.) So far as crazy transit pitches go, here's mine: a duck boat amphibious...

Live Nation is out of the venue.

Incidentally, I had a nice conversation with Google AI about my hovercraft idea, and it felt that the main issues would be the noise affecting the neighbors (although, having lived in the Terrace, there's already plenty of noise from the planes themselves) and the hovercraft's effect on the...

Jetport-PTC connection? Hovercraft. Build a dedicated boat ramp at Thompson's Point and an access road from the river to the old NWS radar site, plus some dedicated driving area on the Jetport side (or a law change) because you can't operate a hovercraft on public roads. Normally I would suggest...

I was thinking about the louvers on the Seaport Garage in Boston, but I didn't embarrass myself by calling in this time.

If anyone is interested, the video from the recent Rock Row workshop (focused on the garage / residential block) is here. They're first up on the agenda so no need to skip through. One thing they mentioned is that the vertical lines in the gray sections of the facade are a callout to the quarry...