View allAll Photos Tagged Portland
The City of Portland office building is a postmodern "classic" by Michael Graves. Postmodernism, of course, has fallen out of favor; yet the building doesn't feel out of place in Downtown Portland, probably due to its relatively modest scale.
Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill, built 1807. Weekend trip to Maine for a friend's wedding, October 2009.
Shot with Canon XTi, EF70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM @ 300mm
¹⁄₄₀₀ sec at f/7.1, ISO200, no flash
"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.
Originally named as Portland Bridge (in respect to Duke of Portland). The bridge was built over the river and before the original mill pond was enlarged to form Kings Mill Reservoir. There is a date stone in the centre that reads 1817 O&P(F). Not sure what the O&P means, but possibly Outram (who built it) and Portland (who likely funded it.
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
Portland, Oregon
Fire broke out in the back of a van on our street. Cops had to saw the rear door off.
Portland, OR: An inbound TriMet MAX Light Rail train from Gresham on SW Morrison Street at SW Broadway, view southeast.
Portland Bill is a narrow promontory (or bill) of Portland Stone, which forms the most southerly part of Isle of Portland, and therefore also the county of Dorset, England
Portland UK - Just behind the light house, just back from my summer break and starting to go through the many photos taken.
Nikon D90, 18-105mm Kit Lens
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.