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7 Stories gets us something on the size/scale of Hiawatha on Congress.

Well the biggest chunk in the middle of the map is Evergreen Cemetery and Baxter Woods. So ... those are technically out. Same goes for some other areas on the peninsula itself. I can't see Payson Park being taken for a HS campus. Deering does have capacity to be expanded, possibly best...

Having personal experience and history with Sanford, I'd agree that image issues are a big part of it. But that's not all. Sanford tends to be more of a sleeper-town where residents commute to the shipyard in Portsmouth, or to Biddeford, Portland, and other areas for work. There are no...

Wow, this couldn't be any more "blah" ....

Haha ... NO ... that is a hot mess. Is that a prior iteration of that location? The lights at the St. John/Danforth Connection and then at the Parkway hold up traffic flow. The same can be said for the light at the Beech Street/Bridge Ramp connection. I think there's another light at Center &...

I would perhaps agree - except ... Consolidating Franklin from four winding/sprawling lanes ... to four boulevard lanes (with bicycle lanes, turning lanes, etc) ... wouldn't work any differently than say ... Forest Ave, western Congress Street (Westgate), outer Washington Ave (Northgate)...

Not at all? Solely for the purpose of traffic/congestion and parking? The photos in the article (while ugly) state they are "one vision" and not THE vision for the redevelopment. The base of the depicted buildings, while not actually proposed, appear to show a level of parking in the buildings...

I don't see any reason to dislike this first step toward redeveloping Franklin. The title is a little misleading as the article discusses revamping Thomas Park near Denny's and providing a loan for a developer. The loan for the developer doesn't have anything to do with Franklin. I realize the...

I was just walking down Winter Street on Saturday after going to Pai Men Miyake. This development has gone up quickly, but the in-fill makes SO MUCH SENSE for this area. I have no idea what locals were balking at. This is way more attractive than a parking lot and the back of the former...

Uh Oh .... worried about traffic, parking, disgusting garages, etc etc? Maybe we should invest in (and de-stigmatize) public transportation? Woahhhhhhhhhhhh 🤯

Indeed - a well-designed boulevard with four lanes and adequate turning lanes/lights will help a lot. Add traffic circles at both ends of Franklin, and it'll move even better. Boulevards move traffic well even in NYC, so I'm not sure why we'd be so afraid of them in Portland Maine. Except for...

Unfortunately I feel like Maine always gets the shaft with development.

It's sad to think the Rock Row development is a flop. It was something to be excited over, but in a sense we all sort of knew not to hold our breaths. Just like the Portland Foreside development, or Midtown, or any number of things we've been disappointed by over the years.

So this is for the back corner facing Cumberland? And so the blank walls are what will be built against by the Hotel and Condos facing Congress? What is going where the Portland Pay and Spray is in the top corner (Cumberland & Pearl)?

I think if we look at all of the different iterations of buildings, churches, and houses at that location over time ... the Chamber Building is hardly anything worth preserving. I'd take any of the prior structures to this one. The Chamber building often fell into disrepair and ignored until it...

I thought the Toshiko Mori was the design that encapsulated the facade of the Chamber of Commerce building and the disgusting saw-tooth roof design? I didn't think they were the ones from Maine?? Yes/No? Yeah, meaningful gesture or not to include the facade or a team lead being a Maine...

Should be 3x as tall

I think part of the confusion is ... the 90's was "Lincoln Square". The 2000's Convention Center was proposed to be named the "Lincoln Center" I was in Commercial Lending downtown 2003-2006 when the "Lincoln Center" was being proposed. Sand Castle-esque buildings was to be Lincoln Square. The...

I think part of the failure was also due to an increase in the "meal tax" or something along those lines, which voters struck down. I think part of the tax increase was supposed to subsidize this development. But I can't entirely recall.