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    The Ultility Poles and Wires of Portland, ME

    You asked for it! ...or at least I threatened it once or twice. This thread is meant to raise awareness of a very important issue: the globs of wires (and other unidentified and/or abandoned equipment) which festoon the streets of the peninsula. The hideous, the hilarious, the pathetic. I...
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    General Portland Discussion

    For everything that doesn't fit anywhere else... I'll start... I noticed that construction at the end of Morning St uncovered what looks like trolley tracks - which then made the cracks down the center of that street make sense. It surprised me to see them on this street and it made me wonder...
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    Downeast Maine

    World's tallest flagpole could bring thousands of jobs to Downeast The proposed park would be spread out over 2500 acres and is estimated to cost $1B. Yes, that's 1 billion. From the article: Flagpole of Freedom Park would include memorial walls inscribed with 24 million veterans’ names, six...
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    Southern Maine Developments

    Didn't know where else to put these two significant projects to watch - The Edge at Berwick passes key hurdle to move ahead $50M project, starting in the spring, will add 260 units of housing and 37 units of commercial space over the next 3-5 years in downtown Berwick. Proposed...
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    Auburn Developments

    In 2021 the mayor of Auburn called for 2,000 new homes to be built over the next 5-7 years (MaineBiz article below reminded me of this) - I figured this is a good time to give Auburn a separate thread. "Last spring, the city listed seven city-owned properties for sale and almost all have letters...
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    Portland - General Infrastructure

    Feel free to move my post into a different thread if it seems more appropriate elsewhere - but it seemed like a general infrastructure thread would be a good addition regardless (didn't seem like one existed in at least the last 8 pages). Portland just started using FlashVote in order to get...
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    10 Hammond Street | Portland

    2018: 2021: Bad photos, sorry. Didn't have time to get ones from upper Fox St. or Hammond St.
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    Bath, Maine

    50-unit Szanton Bath Uptown project Great looking affordable housing project - proof you don't need 800 colors and textures. Great location too, overlooking a park (ok, behind the parking lot) and the library.
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    144 Fore Street | Portland

    https://www.mainebiz.biz/article/portland-affordable-housing-group-acquires-eastern-waterfront-property Seems like this is old news at this point, but MB just 'updated' it. Exploring their options - but SMRT is gone and VA is going. I walk by regularly and they've had a sign on the end facing...

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