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The Old Port district is located on the southeastern side of the Portland peninsula, overlooking the wide mouth of the Fore River and the Port of Portland.It is bounded on the east by Franklin Street (U.S. Route 1A), with Commercial Street running southwest along the waterfront, and 19th-century buildings on its north side as far west as Maple Street.
Nov. 8—Old Port bar Room for Improvement made the small and exclusive list of the five best new bars in America published this week by online beverage magazine Punch. Room for Improvement ...
Mariner's Church (also known as the Old Port Tavern and Mariner's Church Banquet Center) is a historic church and commercial building at 366–376 Fore Street in Portland, Maine. Built in 1828, the Greek Revival building historically served as both a church and marketplace. It was for many years the city's largest commercial building, and ...
The Old Port (sometimes known as the Old Port Exchange) is a neighborhood known for its cobblestone streets, 19th-century brick buildings and fishing piers. The district is filled with boutiques, restaurants and bars. Because of its reputation for nightlife, the Old Port is a popular destination for tourists and locals alike.
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Exchange Street is a main commercial thoroughfare in the Old Port of Portland, Maine, United States. Originally laid out in 1724, [1] today it features a number of designer clothing stores, as well as several small, locally owned businesses, [2] including Sherman's Maine Coast Books.
The Rackleff Building is an historic commercial building at 129–131 Middle Street in the Old Port commercial district of Portland, Maine.Built in 1867, to a design by architect George M. Harding, it is, along with the adjacent Woodman Building and Thompson Block (both also Harding buildings), part of the finest concentration of mid-19th-century commercial architecture in the city. [2]
The Port of Portland is the second-largest tonnage seaport in the New England area as of 2019. [5] The city seal depicts a phoenix rising from ashes, a reference to Portland's recovery from four devastating fires. [6] Portland was named after the English Isle of Portland. In turn, the city of Portland, Oregon, was named after Portland, Maine. [7]