Springlike Sunday

Two shots from this morning from in front of the Nickelodeon Cinema. Looks like this tree is getting ready to bloom any day now. 

Daylight

An ornate lighting fixture outside of 93 Exchange Street:

Lighthouse Lock

From a trip to a nearby town last weekend:

Portland to Yarmouth Nova Star Ferry

Today's photos feature the newly arrived Nova Star cruise ship that will start sailing between Portland (from the Ocean Gateway terminal) and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in May. Looks like a fine vessel. 

Gate 5

A view from the Casco Bay Lines terminal on the State Pier: 

At the Park

Here are three more photos from last evening's Sea Dogs game at Hadlock Field:

Batter Up!

A view from this evening's Portland Sea Dogs game at Hadlock Field:

State of Spring

A daytime view of one of my favorite buildings on State Street. I wonder if that second floor porch was added later or if it was part of the original design?

Sidewalk Spokes

Getting Warmer

Another view from a few weekends ago of the Bug Light lighthouse:

Starting to Spring

I think the plants around here were just as anxious for spring to arrive as the people. The first shot is from Post Office Park and the second is from a random front yard:

State View

An elevated view of the entrance to the historic State Theater in Congress Square.

Munjoy Heights - April 2014

Construction is well underway on a new housing project known as Munjoy Heights. As you can see on the project's website, 29 new townhomes will be constructed on this formerly wooded plot of land halfway between North Street and Cumberland Avenue. As the land is on a pretty steep incline, it will be interesting to see this project rise. And I am happy to hear that "Jack Path," part of the Portland Trails network, will be reopened through here once the construction is complete. 

The Question

If this sign was here at the same time as Portland's old Million Dollar Bridge, I would have called this photo "The Million Dollar Question."Alas, I wouldn't have been in Portland to take the photo back then anyhow. I assume this question mark sign once included an arrow pointing to the left to guide people to a visitor information center somewhere in the Old Port. 

Turn the Corner

This often-photographed sign indicates the intersection of Winter and Spring Streets in the West End. Interestingly, a page on the nearby Portland Club's website tells us that these streets names are not related to the seasons. Instead, Spring Street is named for "a path leading to the town spring, which was located up in the West End" and Winter Street "immortalizes one of the town’s earliest settlers, John Winter."