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Congress and Free Street in Portland, Maine, USA
USA

At the intersection of Congress, Free and High Streets stand a number of important buildings in this busy section of downtown Portland, Maine. The wedge shaped H.H. Hay building was built in 1826 and designed by architect Charles Quincy Clapp. It was a two story building for 96 years before a third story was added. Clockwise, to the east, stands the Children's Museum and Theater of Maine and then the Portland Museum of Art which at the time this panorama was made had a major exhibit titled "Debating Modern Photography".

At One Congress Square is the NBC affiliate WCSH-TV which began broadcasting in 1953 from the Congress Square Hotel. It moved to this 4 story building in 1977.

The 6 story edifice across High Street (to the west) is the State Building which was erected around 1930 and still houses the majestic State Theater.

Immanuel Baptist Church can be seen between the State Theater Building and the Eastland Hotel. The Eastland, which opened its doors in 1927as a 241 room, 12 story luxury establishment cost $2 million dollars to build. It was considered the largest hotel north of New York.

A very interesting photographic history of Congress Square can be found on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.portlandmaine.gov/congresssquare/congresssquareapril6presentation.pdf

 

 

Copyright: Tom Sadowski
Type: Spherical
Resolution: 10500x5250
Taken: 19/10/2010
Uploaded: 19/01/2011
Published: 19/01/2011
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Tags: urban; museum; downtown; city; street; bus; fire engine; plaza; portland museum of art; eastland hotel; children's museum and theater of maine; congress square; hay building
More About USA

The United States is one of the most diverse countries on earth, jam packed full of amazing sights from St. Patrick's cathedral in New York to Mount Hollywood California.The Northeast region is where it all started. Thirteen British colonies fought the American Revolution from here and won their independence in the first successful colonial rebellion in history. Take a look at these rolling hills carpeted with foliage along the Hudson river here, north of New York City.The American south is known for its polite people and slow pace of life. Probably they move slowly because it's so hot. Southerners tend not to trust people from "up north" because they talk too fast. Here's a cemetery in Georgia where you can find graves of soldiers from the Civil War.The West Coast is sort of like another country that exists to make the east coast jealous. California is full of nothing but grizzly old miners digging for gold, a few gangster rappers, and then actors. That is to say, the West Coast functions as the imagination of the US, like a weird little brother who teases everybody then gets famous for making freaky art.The central part of the country is flat farmland all the way over to the Rocky Mountains. Up in the northwest corner you can find creative people in places like Portland and Seattle, along with awesome snowboarding and good beer. Text by Steve Smith.


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