[TinChelseaNYC]

What a sweet town Portland is. I fell in love with it. I took these while spending Labor Day weekend there. These pictures don't do the city justice. Most of them concern the touristy Old Port area (a walker's paradise). But it's the neighborhoods where this city gets really interesting. Unfortunately, the pics from there aren't as numerous as I was driving and it was harder to stop and I was feeling a bit lazy. The attitude in this place made me feel like an uberhyper New Yorker. But I settled in to the mood quickly. This city is highly recommended for a visit by architecture buffs! Rough and tumble New England!

This is on the Eastern Promenade
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Eastern Promenade
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The view of Casco Bay from the Eastern Promenade
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Casco Bay
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East End (or Munjoy Hill) apartment house
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East End
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Old Port Area--touristy, but not in an unpleasant way
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The West End
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Classic New England
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Back to the family-friendly Old Port
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Portland's downtown proper
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Downtown skyline from South Portland--a downpour came about 3 minutes after I took this
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Monument Square, Downtown
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Monument Square
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Back to the West End
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Boothbay area bonus
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[OfCourse]

Wow! These are great. How interesting to look at!

[davehogan]

I live in Portland, OR and I love it. I've been all over the east coast, but never Maine, so thanks for sharing!

[Top Of The Park]

nice brickwork in some of those old buildings

[blade_bltz]

Wow, these are really great. I hear so many good things about Portland, but I didn't know it looked this good! I caught a Sea Dogs game once when I was younger, but I didn't get to visit the city at all.

[ady26]

New England always has a different style!

[BuffaloSam]

Wow, Portland looks awesome!

[ShadowMaster]

Wow! Indeed! Portland, Maine at it's best. Such quantity and quality of images. I had never seen Portland like this before, the city contains beautiful architecture too. A nice mix of single family detached homes, to red-brown brick apartments or row homes. Grand Slam tour with this one! :tup:

[flar]

I was expecting a lot from this old town, it delivered nicely! Quality pics.

[Ex-Ithacan]

Excellent tour TinC. I too thought the city was a gem when i visited many moons ago. Looks like it's only gotten better. Thanks for the great pics and the memories of my too short trip one of my favorite smaller cities.

[PhilippeMtl]

What a nice place! Is it far from Boston?

[BnaBreaker]

Awesome shots! I freaking love Portland. Hopefully I can get back over there soon.

[OhioGuy]

Residents of Portland can certainly be proud of their city.

[stepper77]

What a beautiful city! And the last shots along the little bay were nice as well. Thanks!

[Evergrey]

Incredible.

[NYC4Life]

What a beautiful little city.

[Wattleigh]

Now I'm a bit homesick, especially since I've lived in two of those apartment buildings featured in your tour! :(

That said, you did a fantastic job of capturing a city and area that I love very much and have been fortunate enough to call home for the past few years. Glad to be heading back in the not too distant future.

If you have any more shots, please post them!

[ShadowMaster]

Looking for a 2nd time, just wonderful. What is your next stop to take some quality snaps, Tin ?

[chevy064]

Simply awesome!

The wife and I just got married just south of Portland, ME in June in a little town called Old Orchard Beach. We spent alot of time in Portland.

I LOVE the last few pics - all those evergreens!! It reminds me of the Pacific Northwest!

[kcexpress69]

Fantastic thread!! I love the New England vibe and the architecture!! I hope to see more!! Thanks!! :cheers:

[PDX City-State]

The other Portland looks wonderful. I hope to visit one day. I hear there are some pretty phenomenal world-class restaurants there as well.

[urbanactivistTX]

What a beautiful and sincere tour! I've never seen Portland, ME before, but now I definitely want to visit. Thank you for sharing!!!

[Texas Tuff]

Wow, stunning pics! That's a very nice looking town, and a very scenic area as well.

[ColDayMan]

Great!

[Thundertubs]

My favorite New England city! Great tour!

[cincyimages]

Fantastic!

[jomaled]

Wow! Portland has a lot of character and charm, has a very olde world, European feel to it, with the brick buildings, narrow streets, people-dense downtown, love it!! It's the epitome of New England style and class. This is how a city should look and feel, no matter how big or small. It seems that Portland is very liveable, unlike some of the sprawling downtowns with glitzy buildings and empty streets that some cities (you know what they are) have. I've never been there, now I want to visit! Thanks for the great pictures.

[Serenade]

Wow! I want to move now.

[ctman987]

WOW! Awesome. Im a New Englander and Im having trouble thinking of any city of that size in New England that is that vibrant and beautiful. I can think of many small beach towns with quaint downtowns and the major cities but when it comes to cities of Portland's size I feel that Portland is about 10 steps ahead of its peers!!

[Lakelander]

Great shots. I spent a few hours in Portland back in July. I didn't get many photos but its a vibrant communitiy with a decent collection of architecture.

[ErickMontreal]

Great photos, Awesome city!

I get to visit it someday

[boden]

Brilliant thread!

[Burgh15]

I always wondered what Portland, Maine looked like. I am very impressed!

[Kingofthehill]

Quintessentially New England.

The brick, humanized central quarter, charming urbanity, idyllic harbor = yum

[someone123]

Nice photos.

Portland is interesting to me because, in addition to simply looking attractive and historic, it shares some similarities some places in the Maritimes. It is also notably different in a few ways.. certain buildings are more or less exactly the same as what you might find in Saint John or Halifax while others are totally different. In general the residential architecture seems more similar while the commercial buildings are quite different.

Overall, it is pretty close to being a twin of Saint John, although it looks like it is in somewhat better shape these days, probably because of its proximity to Boston.

[Jibba]

What a fantastic looking place; love that New England charm. Scenes of this town could easily be mistaken for parts of Boston. Thanks for the taking the time to snap and post all of these pictures. It was quite enjoyable.

[Chelsea Spy]

wow - wonderful - definitely the most beautiful American city I've seen on this forum in a long time.. I'll take that Victorian charm and streets with people actually walking around them over shiny skyscrapers and massive freeways any day!

[MJay]

For me Maine is the most interesting state of all the US states...

[pdxman]

Wow! I have never seen pictures of the Maine Portland before and I must say that I am impressed. I had no idea what Portland looked like but now I must visit there someday soon. What a cool city! Thanks :)

[ItsConanOBrien]

You can see my apartment in two shots, I feel like an SSP celebrity!

Very nice shots. Glad you enjoyed!

[Leroy123]

Amazing photos. My mom is from Portland, so I've spent many summers there and in Old Orchard. I think Portland is the greatest city in the US for its size.

[Shawn]

I love Portland, I love Booth Bay, I guess I just love Maine in general. I have cousins in Damariscotta, about an hour and a half north of Portland, one peninsula north of Booth Bay. My family would vacation in Round Pond and Bristol for two weeks every August for the first 18 years of my life.

Someone mentioned Portland's restaurant scene; I know one should always take Board of Tourism stats with a grain of salt, but I've read in numerous publications that Portland has the highest number of restaurants per capita in the country (if a stat like that is even possible to measure...), and the quality of these restaurants is amazing.

Bostonians are lucky to have Maine and New Hampshire so close by.

[coolmillion]

I wanna go to Portland, Maine!!!