Portland, Maine - Summer 2023

[AlyssaGrace]

I'm back with more pictures of Maine's largest city.

Let's start out with some skyline shots, taken from South Portland across the bay.









Here are some photos of the Downtown area:

Monument Square












Congress Street










Congress Square







Oak Street




upper Congress Street near Longfellow Square



Cumberland Ave





High Street







Federal Street





Newbury Street & Pearl Street





Elm Street







Spring Street




Temple Street




Exchange Street




Middle Street





Pleasant Street





Forest Ave/U.S. Route 302 is the main thoroughfare between Downtown and the city's northwestern neighborhoods












The intersection of Forest Ave & Park Ave (arguably the northwesternmost boundary of Downtown)






further along Forest Ave, past the Park Ave intersection






















Another major route in and out of Downtown from points further north is Baxter Boulevard (not pictured) and the Preble Street Extension










After the intersection with Marginal Way, the Preble Street Extension becomes Preble Street proper.




That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by!
I will be posting more Portland photos as I take them.

[xzmattzx]

Nice pictures!

Is that the new tallest building I see in the Federal Street pictures?

[Murphy de la Sucre]

didn't see anything new tall

[Shawn]

Originally Posted by xzmattzx

Nice pictures!

Is that the new tallest building I see in the Federal Street pictures?

Yup, that's 201 Federal Street (now called Aucocisco).


201 Federal Street Aucocisco Under Construction Exchange and Federal by Corey Templeton, on Flickr

Great pics AlyssaGrace, always happy to see your updates!

[Wattleigh]

Always happy to see a Portland thread around here.

I used to live in the apartment building across from the old Public Market along Preble Street just off Congress Ave and a few paces up from the Time & Temperature Building. I saw it in a few of the photos near the Library and off Monument Square. I always wanted a unit with one of the bay windows, but my studio without one worked well enough.

I still can't believe it's taken so long for anything fairly substantial to show up in the skyline, but the new tower definitely makes a mark.

Still not sure if I'm a fan of the alterations they did to One Monument Square. I always liked the brown brick and the fact that the entry was in the corners of the building rather than something specifically facing the Square.

[geomorph]

Thank you for the tour!

[marcus]

Love the photos!

Portland is in the top 3 New England cities after Burlington and Providence IMO

[BnaBreaker]

Thanks for sharing! I'm quite fond of Portland... has the feeling of a much larger city at street level, in my opinion.