Sign of Hope

A new hopeful message atop Speedwell Projects by artist Charlie Hewitt. Between this and the nearby Luminous Arbor (by Aaron Stephan) this little stretch of Forest Avenue is looking good.

Woodford F&B

A flurry of cars passing by Woodford F&B on Forest Avenue.

Corner of Woodford's

The backside of Woodford's Corner. At left is the Odd Fellows Block at 649 Forest Avenue. 

Woodford's Corner Art

An artsy mural on the side of Artist & Craftsman Supply, a top-notch art supply store. 

The Great Lost Bear

The signage for a restaurant known as The Great Lost Bear, a "Portland institution" since 1979. It is located at 540 Forest Avenue. According to their website, they have an impressive 69 taps with over 50 craft beers from the Northeast and fifteen Maine microbreweries. 

And this is not related to the Great Lost Bear, but is somewhat nearby on Forest Avenue. 

More

Some more photos from my recent trip to the Portland hinterlands (not literally), around Woodford's Corner.  This first one is looking up Coyle Street. The house at the end of the street, which is on Beacon Street, always catches my eye.

Pawn Shop on Forest Avenue. Anyone know what the "R" in the circle at the top of the facade is in reference to? I'm pretty good at logo recognition so I'm assuming it references a long-gone brand of some sort that used to be sold in the building.

And Timeless Treasures is nearby, nicely complementing the Pawn Shoppee.

Stairmaster

This house is on Woodford Street. I give them points for stair creativity, but I think it takes away from the overall aesthetics of the building.

Woodford's Corner

I really liked the sky in this one. I didn't like all of the telephone lines but I also wasn't bave enough to stand in the middle of this busy intersection to get them out of the frame.

This shot is noteworthy for the fact that I rarely venture off of Portland's peninsula. The red dot below marks to location of this intersection. Perhaps as the weather improves I will make it out there more often.