Sunny Sidewalks

Good to see the busy sidewalks of Exchange Street on a sunny day.

Bread and Butter

Bread AND pastry? Yum. Looking forward to Zu Bakery opening soon at 81 Clark Street.

Off the Rails

A bit of rail from an old trolley line visible on Spring Street. In addition to safe and efficient transportation around the peninsula, trolleys also used to connect cities and towns all around Maine.There's an immense amount of info and photos of the Portland trolley system (the Portland Railroad) here: https://narcissus1912.blogspot.com/2018/10/portland-railroad-history-of-public.html.

Wheels

Portland Maine July 2022 A cyclist zooming past the railroad cars on the Eastern Waterfront.

A New Wall

Something interesting taking shape on Brown Street.

Under the Sun

A glimpse of the new Sun Life building on Thames Street.

Stars/Stripes

A patriotic crane (on the 201 Federal Street site) on this fourth day of July.

On the Trail

A plaque in front of 165 State Street, the home of Augusta Merrill Barstow Hunt. Hunt was a prominent activist in women’s rights, suffrage and the temperance movement. Check out all the other stops on the Portland Women's History Trail.