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Portland Theater Concert Hall Sign en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlene_Schnitzer_Concert_Hall
Yashica Electro 35 GSN, HP5 in Caffenol CL SS for 1 hour
The only surviving maritime signal tower in the United States: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_Observatory
Bryan drove me down to the Halloween meet down in Portland yesterday =D
I was so excited to meet all the talented people there, and many of my favorite dress makers! There's definately quite a talented crowd down in Portland. Maybe it's something in the air over there...
This is one of the few group shots I got, and I don't think that all the Blythes were displayed yet. There were many cute and clever costumes that people put together. Thank you to the organizers of the meet! I had so much fun chatting with you all and can't wait to meet everybody again! =D
Taken in 2013.
On the left is a banner saying you're in Portland (Maine); in the center is the Hay Building (a "flatiron" building); and on the right is the Portland Museum of Art.
Anonymous people moved from museums paintings to the streets.
A world participative project.
See Paris, Madrid, London, Dijon, Asuncion, Padova, Barcelone, Roma, Matera, Belo Horizonte, Bastia, Portland here www.outings-project.org
Soon: Montevideo, Islamabad, Tirana, Melbourne, Shah Alam, Provo, Aguascalientes, Montréal, Warsaw, Bucuresti, Riga, Dallas, Chicago, New Orleans, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York ... GO!
Took a drive to Portland Headlight tonight, and while the light didn't last long...it did provide a few good shots.
Portland Union Station, at 800 NW 6th Avenue in Portland, is the hub of Amtrak operations in the Rose City. The depot originally opened in 1896 and, over the years, served intercity trains of the Northern Pacific; Southern Pacific; Great Northern; Spokane, Portland & Seattle; and Union Pacific.
From 1915 to 1929, the station also served as the Portland terminus for Southern Pacific's Red Electric interurban trains, which ran to several suburban Portland towns and into the western Willamette River valley....
Current Amtrak operations at Portland include the daily Seattle-Los Angeles Coast Starlight, Portland-Chicago Empire Builder, and four Cascades corridor trains; two between Portland and Seattle and two between Eugene, Oregon. and Seattle washington.
Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) at the southern end of the Isle of Portland, and the southernmost point of Dorset, England. One of Portland's most popular destinations, the popular attraction Portland Bill Lighthouse is found in the area. Both Portland Bill and Chesil Beach are the locations of many wrecks of vessels that failed to reach Weymouth or Portland Roads. Portland Bill is also noted for its rough coast, and is the only place on Portland where the limestone cliffs rise directly from the sea. As such many landforms including coves, ledges and caves have been formed. One of which is Cave Hole - a large cave with a blow hole.
The Bill is still an important way-point for coastal traffic, and three lighthouses have been built to protect shipping, in particular from its strong tidal race and shallow reef. The lighthouses guided vessels heading for Portland and Weymouth through these hazardous waters as well as acting as a waymark for ships navigating the English Channel. The Bill's three lighthouses are the only built on the island, except for the Portland Breakwater Lighthouse, located at Portland Harbour.
The name "Portland Bill" has its roots in "The Beel" as named on early maps. This derived from the beak shape of Portland Bill. From 1588 onwards, when the area was part of a crucial Armanda invasion-warning network, it was often named "The Beacon".
Victoria Mansion, also known as the Morse-Libby House or Morse-Libby Mansion, at 109 Danforth Street, was designed in 1860 by New Haven architect Henry Austin as a summer home for hotelier Ruggles Sylvester Morse. The brownstone exterior, elaborate interior design, opulent furnishings and early technological conveniences makes it one of the finest and least-altered examples of a large Italianate Villa-styled brick and brownstone town houses in the United States.
After Juggles Morse died in 1893, the house was sold to Portland merchant Joseph Ralph Libby, whose family occupied it for over thirty years without making any significant alterations. The last of the Libby's moved out in 1928, and its fate was left uncertain until William H. Holmes bought it to preserve as a museum. In 1941, Holmes opened the house as the Victoria Manson, named for Britain's Queen Victoria.
National Register #70000074 (1970)
Spring Street Historic District National Register #70000073 (1970)
Portland Head Light is a historic lighthouse in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. The light station sits on a head of land at the entrance of the primary shipping channel into Portland Harbor, which is within Casco Bay in the Gulf of Maine. Completed in 1791, it is the oldest lighthouse in the state of Maine. The light station is automated, and the tower, beacon, and foghorn are maintained by the United States Coast Guard, while the former lighthouse keepers' house is a maritime museum within Fort Williams Park.
History
Construction began in 1787 at the directive of George Washington, and was completed on January 10, 1791. Whale oil lamps were originally used for illumination. In 1855, following formation of the Lighthouse Board, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed; that lens was replaced by a second-order Fresnel lens, which was replaced later by an aero beacon in 1958. That lens was updated with an DCB-224 aero beacon in 1991.
In 1787, while Maine was still part of the state of Massachusetts, George Washington engaged two masons from the town of Portland, Jonathan Bryant and John Nichols, and instructed them to take charge of the construction of a lighthouse on Portland Head. Washington reminded them that the early government was poor, and said that the materials used to build the lighthouse should be taken from the fields and shores, which could be handled nicely when hauled by oxen on a drag. The original plans called for the tower to be 58 feet tall. When the masons completed this task they climbed to the top of the tower and realized that it would not be visible beyond the headlands to the south, so it was raised approximately 20 feet.
The tower was built of rubblestone, and Washington gave the masons four years to build it. While it was under construction in 1789, the federal government was being formed and for a while it looked as though the lighthouse would not be finished. Following passage of their ninth law, the first congress made an appropriation and authorized the Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, to inform the mechanics that they could go on with the completion of the tower. On August 10, 1790, the second session of congress appropriated a sum not to exceed $1500, and under the direction of the President, “to cause the said lighthouse to be finished and completed accordingly.”[6] The tower was completed during 1790 and first lit January 10, 1791.
During the American Civil War, raids on shipping in and out of Portland Harbor became commonplace, and because of the necessity for ships at sea to sight Portland Head Light as soon as possible, the tower was raised twenty feet. The current keepers' house was built in 1891. When Halfway Rock Light was built, Portland Head Light was considered less important and in 1883 the tower was shortened 20 feet (6.1 m) and a weaker fourth-order Fresnel lens was added. The former height and second-order Fresnel lens was restored in 1885 following mariners' complaints.
The station has changed little except for the rebuilding of the whistle house in 1975 due to it being badly damaged in a storm. Today, Portland Head Light stands 80 feet (24 m) above ground and 101 feet (31 m) above water, its white conical tower being connected with a dwelling. The DCB 224 airport style aerobeacon is visible for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi). The 400 watt metal halide lamp is rated for 20,000 hours and produces 36,000 lumens of light at 200,000 candlepower. The grounds, and keeper's house are owned by the town of Cape Elizabeth, while the beacon, and fog signal are owned and maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard as a current aid to navigation. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as Portland Head light (sic) on April 24, 1973, reference number 73000121.
Went to Portland Bill to try some night time photography and was lucky enough to find a view of the Milky Way. I am sure I can do better so will be researching the Dark Skies sites to get better pictures.
I don't advise you actually play this drinking game.
Sketches from the dress rehearsal for the 2012 production of Leonard Bernstein's "Candide" at the Portland Opera.