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"Hey, I want a Timbers Army No Pity scarf."
"Do you know where I can buy one?"
"Yes, On the corner of SW 20th & SW Morrison."
The Portland High School was constructed in 1919-20 to replace the former high school destroyed by fire in 1918. With an addition constructed in 1936, the school meets national register criterion A for housing the entire Portland public school student population from Kindergarten through twelfth grade from 1920 when it was completed until 1953, when the student population could no longer be contained in the single building. In the 1950s two elementary schools were constructed to house the growing Portland school population, and in 1967 the 1919-20 building was converted into the junior high school when a new high school was constructed. In 1969 the auditorium stage ceased to be used, although the gymnasium continued to serve the junior high school students. In 1991 the 1919-20 building was vacated and sold when a newer high school was constructed and the 1967 high school was converted to the middle school. The Portland High School period of significance is 1919 when construction of the building began until 1963 when it ceased to function as the high school building. The Portland High School is also significant under criterion A because the school’s auditorium/gymnasium
during the building’s early years provided the community’s largest gathering space, used not only for graduation ceremonies and other school-related functions, performances, and sporting events but also for local events of all kinds during the building’s first thirty-five years from the early 1920s to around 1956. The Portland High School’s 1936 addition also meets criterion A as an important local Depression-relief project carried out using assistance from the federal Works
Progress Administration (WPA). School-related lectures, concerts, plays, and commencements were primarily conducted at the
Portland Opera House from 1885 until around 1918, because the previous 1881 high school that
burned could not accommodate large gatherings. The 1920 Portland High School’s combined auditorium/gymnasium could seat up to 500 and provided a place for the whole school to meet together for general sessions, announcements, or lectures by visiting speakers, as well as for commencement exercises. The new High School Auditorium also served as an important
meeting place for local events during the building’s first thirty-five years from the early 1920s until around 1956.
The 1936 Portland High School addition is significant under Criterion A for its association with the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was one of the largest New Deal agencies
developed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to mitigate the effects of the Great Depression. The WPA program created jobs, and paid unemployed workers to carry out public projects such
as schools. The Portland High School addition presents an important record of the federal relief programs administered in small communities throughout Michigan during the Great Depression.
Plaque on monument on the foreshore.
In commemoration of the landing of William Dutton , Master Mariner. The first white man to visit Portland Bay. Dec 1828 November 2007
The Rose Garden is built in the shape of a wide amphitheater, where the edges are marked by these blooming slopes.
View from Vista Avenue Bridge. Portland's skyline, and even Mt. Hood, lies in the background. The train has just left Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson Station. Oct. 19, 1998. © 2013 Peter Ehrlich
Haven't been able to get out much these days. Celebrating my 50th early, my family took me here. They knew I needed some therapy....
Portland Head Light shines bright a twilight on a cool March evening -- as seen from Willard Beach in South Portland.
Portland Head Light is an 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.
Willard Beach is a beach and neighborhood in South Portland, Maine. The beach, which covers 4 acres, used for swimming as well as commercial and recreational boating. Southern Maine Community College abuts the beach. Willard Beach is known for its views of Spring Point Ledge Light as well as island forts including Fort Gorges.
portlandartmuseum.org/ Founded in late 1892, the Portland Art Museum is the seventh oldest museum in the United States and the oldest in the Pacific Northwest.
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.
Greg is one of the organizers of Portland Magic Jam. Greg has charisma polished by years of work as a cruise ship's magician and could charm the pearls from the Queen.
Portland Headlight Lighthouse
Fort WIlliams Park
Cape Elizabeth, Maine
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Returning to the gate due to severe weather in Washington. We finally departed Portland 2 hours late.
Fresh Christmas snow in Portland. Maine. This is a view from the Back Bay towards the skyline including the Eastern Promenade and Munjoy Hill. I like the Black & White Topaz Lab Effects. This preset is called Coffee.