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It doesn't block the view, it just changes it... you can use the camera obscura to look inside the top rooms :ROFLMAO:

Idly scrolling through Zillow I noticed this lot up for sale.

Has there ever been discussion about developing this lot?

Finishing Portland’s Congress Square Park overhaul will take another $500K

I think these are the most recent renderings.

Temporary Cultural Annex - (slated to open) Summer 2026! What a piece of design. I appreciate the way they incorporate Portland's love of utility poles and wires.

Portland Foreside developers plan gas-fired power and heat system

Overlooking a prison yard, though. They've got to make Monument Square more inviting, could start by figuring out something better than harsh flood lights.

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Article says the developer (Richard Parkhurst) reiterated his offer to KSB on the way out and KSB was open to discussing. The HP board have enacted a 60 day demolition delay, so it seems like they'll need to come to an agreement within that period. The proposed building still needs a zoning...

Oh, and thank god they didn't forget the parking

The house in question is a poorly maintained 1899 John Calvin Stevens. Bank claims two contractors thought it would be so expensive to move they declined to even bid on it. But a developer at the meeting offered to buy it, thought it would be easy to move to the north side of the rotary. I...

MVRDV (one of the PMA finalists) just won a competition for a new luxury hotel/residential tower in Dubai. Add 10 floors and double the height of the restaurant and lounge and maybe the removal of the hat on the OPS tower could work.

My skimming skills aren't great :ROFLMAO:

45 Union (the tower) is moving along, there was a hearing at yesterday's planning board meeting - I'm assuming on the traffic movement permit? The MSP was approved in December, so I think they're pretty close to being able to apply for a building permit?

It's a great site for a marquee project like this, but how do you get cars in and out? Does anyone know if they got to the point of a transportation study for the proposed residential project on this site? I think that was one of the major NIMBY talking points?

Steel going up for what I assume will be Market Basket:

Proposed 42,950 SF Maine Mariners practice facility - you can see Costco in the third image.

The Tour Montparnasse might be a better Paris example