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Nichols' new building was apparently an investment, and was initially occupied by Meyer M. Levy's Bangor Clothing Store and, on the upper stories, a "Social Hall" rented for functions. [1] The opening function was a dance, just before Christmas in 1892, hosted by Miss June Nichols, the owner's daughter. [2] Exchange St. was at that time a ...
Other Porteous branches were opened in new shopping malls that opened in the late 1970s and early 1980s including the Auburn Mall in Auburn, ME (1979), [1] Bangor Mall in Bangor, ME (1978), [2] Burlington Square Mall (now CityPlace Burlington) in Downtown Burlington, VT and the Aroostook Centre Mall in Presque Isle, ME (1993). The former W.T ...
Bangor Mall entrance in spring 2018. Built in 1977 on a former dairy farm and opened in October 1978, [5] [6] the mall sits on Stillwater Avenue north of Bangor's central business district. It can be reached from nearby Interstate 95 via exits 186 and 187. In 1998, Filene's opened its store in the mall during the 1996-1998 renovation.
Apr. 10—Brilliant purple sponge cakes, artisan German breads and pastries and mouth-watering charcuterie boards are just some of the goodies these new Bangor-area food businesses are selling.
Jul. 16—Damon's Beverage and Redemption in Bangor said Friday it plans to move from the Penobscot Plaza on Washington Street in downtown to Hogan Road. Owners of the popular store, which opened ...
Bangor (/ ˈ b æ ŋ ɡ ɔːr / BANG-gor) is a city in and the county seat of Penobscot County, Maine, United States.The city proper has a population of 31,753, [3] making it the state's third-most populous city, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121).
West Market Square was a central focal point of Bangor's commercial business activity into the 20th century. The east side of the square is lined by six, built between c. 1834 and 1870, with the seventh building in the historic district, the Merrill Trust Company building at 2 Hammond Street, located just off the square to the northeast.
The twin blocks were built in 1871 to a design by Bangor native architect George W. Orff, and was built on the site of "The Main Street Fire" of 1872, which killed one and injured 8. [3] It was one of a number of high-profile commissions Orff executed in downtown Bangor in those years, of which this is a rare survivor of both the Great Fire of ...