It Snows Here

Dunkin Donuts at Congress & Oak Streets:

A tribute to the USPS:

Under he scaffolding outside of the new Reny's on Congress:

Buildings next to other buildings

Eastern Prom in January

Fore Street

A view from above of Fore Street in the Old Port.

Portland, Casco, Machigonne & Falmouth

This obelisk monument where Congress Street ends at the Eastern Promenade commemorates the present and past names of the city as far back as the 1600's.

As noted on Wikipedia, the original name of the  city was Machigonne, which was the name given by local Abenaki Native Americans. The next settlement in 1633 led to the new name of Casco, which is also the name of the local bay and a town near Sebago Lake. In 1658 the name was changed to Falmouth and in 1786 the name Portland was given.

Danger Falling Ice

Inanimate Objects

Forgotten books on Park Street:

Snow people on Deering Street:

Seen

The top of City Hall peeking out above another building:

Layers:

Post

This is a portion of Pine Street in the West End. I like the canopy created by the (non-pine) trees.

Here's a story at Rights of Way about this building under construction at Bramhall Square, formerly the site of Binga's Wingas. It will be a shared workspace, the first of its kind in town:

Some views from the tip-top of the Commercial Street parking garage. This is looking Westward over the  piers with some selective coloring:

Looking to the north on Franklin Street, towards the new Hampton Inn building under construction:

Seagull Visitor

A local seagull checking out the state pier:

And a more dramatic version of the event...

1-1-2011

Happy 2011! I saw the temperature at the top of the Time & Temp building reach 59 degrees Fahrenheit today. The new year is off to a warm start.