Public Art

Hamblen Block

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.

Bike on Brick

FMI, bikemaine.org and Portland's 1st illegal bike street race video.

Critter

Local wildlife in Deering Oaks Park.

Project: Paint Tanks

The Maine Center for Creativity is holding a competition for designs to be painted/applied to 16 of the 35 Oil Tanks in the area pictured above, in South Portland near I-295. The designs will be seen by land, sea, and air. I say they might as well dress these up a bit, and doing something artistic is even better.

Before and After #2

The Morse-Libby House, also known as the Victoria Mansion, is a national historic landmark, as pictured circa 1900 and Today. Built in 1860 and located at 109 Danforth Street.

From Victoriamansion.org...

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.

From Wikipedia....

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.

Yellow Yellow

I could have actually stopped and framed this picture, but I think this gets the point across too. Taken on Danforth St. today.

Cove in Fog

A steeple can be seen looking across back cove in the fog yesterday evening.

High Tide

Taken from Fort Williams in Cape Elizabeth, just south of Portland.

Weekly reminder that most all pictures posted can be viewed at a large size by clicking on them.

Have a nice Friday!

City Hall

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.

Fascinating!

April 2nd

The backside of a building in Monument Square. I believe most (if not all) of what is in this view is office space.

April Theme Day: Water

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)

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American Fork (UT), USA by Annie, Bellefonte (PA), USA by Barb-n-PA, Boston (MA), USA by Fenix - Bostonscapes, Busan, Korea South by iamnbinb, Hamilton, New Zealand by Sakiwi, Joplin (MO), USA by Victoria, Lisbon, Portugal by Maria João, London, UK by Ham, Melbourne, Australia by John, Melbourne, Australia by Mblamo, Memphis (TN), USA by SouthernHeart, Menton, France by Jilly, Mexico City, Mexico by Poly, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Mitch, Minneapolis (MN), USA by Greg, Monte Carlo, Monaco by Jilly, Monterrey, Mexico by rafa, Nottingham, UK by Gail's Man, Pasadena (CA), USA by Petrea, Pilisvörösvár, Hungary by Elise, Port Angeles (WA), USA by Jelvistar, Port Vila, Vanuatu by Mblamo, Prague, Czech Republic by Honza03, Riga, Latvia by Prokur, Saarbrücken, Germany by LadyDemeter, San Diego (CA), USA by Felicia, San Diego (CA), USA by Zentmrs, San Francisco (CA), USA by PFranson, Seattle (WA), USA by Kim, Selma (AL), USA by RamblingRound, Setúbal, Portugal by Maria Elisa, Stayton (OR), USA by Celine, Stockholm, Sweden by Stromsjo, Stouffville, Canada by Ken, Subang Jaya, Malaysia by JC, Sunshine Coast, Australia by bitingmidge, Terrell (TX), USA by Jim K, Toulouse, France by Julia, Wassenaar, Netherlands by Rich, West Sacramento (CA), USA by Barbara, Weston (FL), USA by WestonDailyPhoto, Willits (CA), USA by Elaine,