Tuesday Snapshots

 Some random snapshots around the area....

Scaffolding on the old New England Telephone & Telegraph Company building, now occupied by Fair Point:

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Dark and Stormy:

Monument Square, Late November

These are from Saturday, when there was a brief snowfall in town.

Free horse and wagon rides depart from Monument Square through December 20th:

More Paint on the Wall

This is a pictorial update to this previous post about the mural on the side of Joe's Smokeshop on Congress Street:

And this is a picture-worthy shack in the parking lot on the other side of the building in the above picture:

'Tis the Season

 This is Emerald City, located at 611 Congress Street in the State Theater Building. I hear it's a good place to start the holiday season shopping.

If you are around town today, the annual tree lighting in Monument Square is at 5:30pm, it's a good event for the family. Also in Monument Square, the Public Library will be having an open house from 3-6pm.

Thanksgiving Jog

There was some sort of road race in town this morning, I think it was this annual Thanksgiving Day 4-miler. Looks like a good way to keep warm out there!

Thomas Block

Thomas Block, the curving brick building, during a recent evening:

And a bit further down Commercial Street, Portland Lobster Company (everyone takes a picture of the sign):

New Port

Hampton Inn construction continues on the corner of Franklin Street and Fore Street. I like the green look:

View from up above, looking into the sun as most of my photos are:

Silver Street

As I've mentioned in the past, I enjoy spotting old street signs around town, such as this Silver Street sign in the Old Port:

Flashback: November 2008/2009

Hard to believe that November is more than half over. It's time for a quick look back to Novembers past at Portland Daily Photo:

Way back in 2008:

2009:

PHL, circa 2009:

Back to present time, I'd like to say hello to anyone visiting the blog while looking for information about the "Tracing the Fore" sculpture on Fore Street that will be moved elsewhere. As a result of the Press Herald story about this yesterday, a good number of people searched the internet for more information or possible photos of the artwork and ended up here. This post from October had 104 views yesterday. Thanks for visiting, come again!

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.

Going Downtown

Walking down/up Forest Avenue:

Woodford's Corner Dining

I was out in the Woodford's Corner area last weekend. It's rare for me to venture outside of the peninsula with my camera so I had to take some photos. Here are a couple of picks for dining options at the corner.

Big Sky Bread Company is a bakery at 536 Deering Avenue, located in an old firehouse. Check out some reviews at Urbanspoon. They also have a location in the Public Market House in Monument Square and peddle their goods at local supermarkets.  I enjoy their English muffin bread products.

And the Bayou Kitchen is located across the street from Big Sky, at 543 Deering Avenue. I've never been but the menu looks tasty and it has a solid rating at Urbanspoon.