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The Maine Lobsterman is a sculpture in Lobsterman Park, Portland, Maine, United States. Standing at the intersection of Middle Street and Temple Street, it was sculpted by Victor Kahill for the 1939 New York World's Fair and served as the centerpiece of the Maine exhibit in the Hall of States.
The Western Promenade is a historic promenade, an 18.1-acre (7.3 ha) public park and recreation area in the West End neighborhood of Portland, Maine.Developed between 1836 and the early 20th century, it is one Portland's oldest preserved spaces, with landscaping by the Olmsted Brothers, who included it in their master plan for the city's parks.
Location of Portland in Maine. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many ...
The Maine Narrow Gauge Railroad transports passengers on a scenic tour of the Eastern Promenade. The Eastern Promenade (Eastern Prom) is a historic promenade, 68.2-acre (27.6 ha) public park and recreation area in Portland, Maine. Construction of the Promenade began in 1836 and continued periodically until 1934.
Portland Lobster Company stands at the foot of the wharf, at Commercial Street, while DiMillo's On the Water is a floating restaurant located on a boat moored at the wharf. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Sections of the former Berlin Wall stands on the southern side of the wharf, near today's Gorham Savings Bank.
The Western Promenade Historic District encompasses a late 19th-and early 20th-century neighborhood in the West End of Portland, Maine.This area of architecturally distinctive homes was home to three of the city's most prominent architects: Francis H. Fassett, John Calvin Stevens, and Frederick A. Tompson, and was Portland's most fashionable neighborhood in the late 19th century.
Maine Wharf is a historic wharf in Portland, Maine. It is located on Commercial Street , between Franklin Street and Pearl Street, [ 1 ] on the edge of the Fore River . On the waterfront side, it is situated between Maine State Pier (to the north) and Custom House Wharf (to the south).
Lincoln Park is a 1.8-acre (0.73 ha) urban park in downtown Portland, Maine.Created as Phoenix Square in 1866, following that year’s Great Fire, which burned down most of the buildings of Portland, it was renamed on January 24, 1867, in honor of former president Abraham Lincoln. [2]