165 Washington Ave | Northern Burner Supply Redevelopment | Portland

cneal said:
OK I haven't found renderings but I did find this historic photo of what the existing building used to look like, when it was a car barn for the Portland & Yarmouth Electric Railway (the left bay appears to have been demolished but I wonder if the sign on the pediment is still there under the metal siding?)

The Portland & Yarmouth Electric used to run streetcar service every 15 minutes along what is now Route 88 from Portland through Falmouth Foreside to downtown Yarmouth:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_and_Yarmouth_Electric_Railway

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Check out what I saw this morning, in the Washington Ave. excavation in front of the new Tavata project. Old railroad tracks! History buried below the pavement. I talked to one of the site contractors, he said there are three sets of tracks in the street...likely from the old streetcar service?
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Seeing these photos makes it vivid how much the views from some of those expensive "Munjoy Heights" condos right behind it are about to change. Interestingly that was an early Redfern development...
 
Max said:
Seeing these photos makes it vivid how much the views from some of those expensive "Munjoy Heights" condos right behind it are about to change. Interestingly that was an early Redfern development...
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Yes, though it looks like some will lose the sunset view and keep the city one. I'd bet Redfern was concerned about it. The views from the hill in this area are some of the best in Portland, like the one from Fort Sumner Park.
 
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