I waited about 5 minutes for some people to walk by, but didn't catch anyone. This is usually a pretty busy sidewalk and in general, most of my photos just happen to make it look like no one lives in Portland. I aim to take more 'people shots' in the future.
Most of these external emergency exits don't look too safe, but I think I would trust this one. Well done.
Waiting for a boat or just watching the ferries come in and out? A good day for either option.
View from Cumberland Avenue, towards (a portion of) the night skyline.
A sort of aerial shot of Portland Pottery and a convenience store on Washington Ave. Beyond that, the sun sets on Back Cove.
A shot from last summer, of a couple office buildings (One and Two Portland Square) downtown. I liked being able to capture the rugged islands in the background and making them appear to be a stone's throw away despite being miles away. (click for larger version!)
A telephoto shot of the Observatory in the far distance and the spire (?) of city hall in the foreground. Expect temperates in the 50's-60's this week. Hurrah.
A biker makes his way across State Street, via Cumberland Avenue. Maine Medical Center is the complex dominating the view in the distance.
Hamblen Block, Dating back to 1835 and located at 188-194 Danforth Street in the West End. I wish every block looked more like this.
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House, is the finest example of residential design from the pre-Civil War era in America. With superb architecture and well-preserved original interiors that were among the most lavish and sophisticated in their day, it is an unparalleled document of America’s highest aspirations in architecture, interior design, and the decorative arts.
This stately brownstone Italiante villa was completed in 1860 as a summer home for hotelier Ruggles Sylvester Morse. Morse had left Maine to make his fortune with hotels in New York, Boston, and New Orleans. The house was designed by the New Haven architect Henry Austin. Its distinctive asymmetric form includes a four-story tower, overhanging eaves, verandas, and ornate windows. Frescoes and trompe l'oeil wall decorations were created by the artist and decorator Giovanni Guidirini.
I could have actually stopped and framed this picture, but I think this gets the point across too. Taken on Danforth St. today.
Taken from Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland.
From the Great Portland Landmarks Site...Carrere and Hastings of New York, one of the nation's leading architectural firms at the turn of the century, designed Portland's City Hall. Two previous buildings stood on this site. The first fell victim to the great fire in 1866; the rebuilt hall burned in 1908. Carrere and Hastings are perhaps best known for their design of the New York Public Library, but Carrere is said to have been especially pleased with his design here. The elaborate structure is based loosely on a French Renaissance Hotel de Ville. The building gracefully conceals its actual size through its relation to the courtyard in front of the entrance. The tower stands almost 200 feet high, and the building houses a 3,000 seat auditorium. The granite for the building came from North Jay, Maine.
From last summer, the CAT Ferry sets 'sail' for Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (Canada).Theme day participants (I'm working on this code, it doesn't seem long enough for some reason)
