Standpipe Park View

A photo from Standpipe Park, off of North Street on Munjoy Hill:

On the Water Again

Casco Bay Line's Aucocisco III heading to sea:

Boats in a row:

Better Know a Trail: Jack Path

For this installment, we will take a little look at a little trail. Jack Path is only about 600 feet long, but it  gets the job done. It connects Walnut Street and a section of North Street, by  the East End Community School. The path was officially established in 2007. Check out the Portland Trails website for maps and information about their many excellent trails. 

Benny's Restaurant

Benny's is on West Commercial Street and seems to be a decent place since it's been there a while and the urbanspoon and yelp reviews for it are positive. I imagine they will be re-opening fo' the season in a few months.

Junk Removal

On Sheridan Street:

Old Port Cupola

Sign of Spring

This is from yesterday, outside of Longfellow Books in Monument Square. I think that putting books outside is a good sign of spring. That and the warm temperatures yesterday and possibly today.

Not Long Ago

Some photos from the last snow storm in February.

State Street:

Bus Shelter:

Art All Around - Cumberland Ave

The building front a center here, on Cumberland Ave, is part of an especially dismal stretch of Cumberland Avenue. I believe the blank wall belongs to the Fair Point company (formerly owned by Verizon, formerly New England Telephone & Telegram, formerly Bell, or something like that) so I presume the reason for the blank walls is that the inside is filled with telecommunications equipment (a series of tubes perhaps).

Anyhow, you may be familiar with the Art All Around project by the Maine Center for Creativity, in which several oil tanks in South Portland are being decorated. The artist, Jaime Gili of London, won the competition to have his designs used on the tanks. Here is one of the artist's tank designs applied to this blank wall:

Really spruces it up, eh? I wouldn't want to look at something too crazy if I lived in the Back Bay Tower and my condo looked at this wall, but it wouldn't be worse than a blank wall I think. Feel free to download the above photo and  photoshop your own creative design onto this wall. If I had something of value to give, or owned the building,  I would make this a competition.

Fore Street Sign

I occasionally  like to share these old street signs as I stumble upon them. This one is on the corner of Fore Street and Exchange Street in the heart of the Old Port. 

Spring Forward

Some East Bayside rooftops:

The pile of snow off of Somerset Street, looking classy/toxic:

Once a Home

This house is on the end of Hobart Street, by where the Fore River Parkway Trail (part of Portland Trails) connects to the street. This was taken in May 2010, and is one of many photos that I had not gotten around to sharing for some reason.