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  2. Hobson's Wharf - Wikipedia

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    Hobson's Wharf (formerly known as Sawyer's Wharf) is a historic wharf in Portland, Maine, on the edge of the Fore River. It is located on Commercial Street between Wright Wharf (to the north) and Berlin Mills Wharf (to the south).

  3. Spring Street Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Spring Street Historic District encompasses surviving elements of the 19th-century commercial and surviving residential areas of Portland, Maine.Encompassing a portion of the city's Arts District and an eastern portion of its West End, the district has a significant concentration of residential and commercial buildings that survived the city's devastating 1866 fire.

  4. Neighborhoods in Portland, Maine - Wikipedia

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    Libbytown [18] is a neighborhood in southern and western Portland, wedged between the Stroudwater, Rosemont, Oakdale, and Parkside neighborhoods, and separated from the city of South Portland by the Fore River. [19] Maine's busiest public transit hub, the Portland Transportation Center, is in Libbytown.

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Portland, Maine

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    Maine State Pier, Commercial St. Coordinates missing: Moved from Rockport to Belfast in 2015 and to Portland in 2018. [8] 87: Tracy-Causer Block: Tracy-Causer Block: March 17, 1994 : 505-509 Fore St. 88: Trefethen-Evergreen Improvement Association

  6. File:Porter's Landing, looking south, Freeport, Maine (66991 ...

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  7. Becky's Diner - Wikipedia

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    The Portland Phoenix named it the Best Greasy Spoon of 2008. [3] In 2016, the diner was featured in the Guy Fieri Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Thanksgiving episode. [4] Rand made her sausage stuffing. [5] In 2024, the opening scene of crime writer John Connolly's book The Instruments of Darkness was set in Becky's Diner. [6]

  8. Western Promenade - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Peaks Island - Wikipedia

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    There have been at least six significant movements for Peaks to secede from the city of Portland: in 1883, 1922, 1948, 1955, 1992, and between 2004 and 2011. [15] The most recent effort grew out of a revaluation of the municipality's properties, when average property taxes on Peaks Island increased by over 200 percent. [16]