Posts Tagged workspace
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Working in Portland
What's So Special About Portland's Working Waterfront?
May 7, 2012 / / A few years ago, the American Planning Association highlighted Portland's Commercial Street, which runs alongside the harbor from Merrill's Marine Terminal in the west to the Old Port district in the east, as one of America's "Great Streets. ".
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Working in Portland
131 Washington Gets Kickstarted
January 12, 2012 / / Early last month I went to see local bands AWAAS, If and It, Glass Fingers, and the Sunset Hearts play at 131 Washington Avenue, an abandoned print shop at the base of Munjoy Hill. It's not the kind of place that you'll see on Chamber of Commerce brochures, but it's cheap, and the venue's neighbors — the windowless Sahara Club, a state parole office, and an overgrown hillside empty lot — don't complain if the music's too loud.
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Living In Portland
A Harbor for Ideas: The Portland Public Library
January 6, 2012 / / “What harbor can receive you more securely than a great library?” — Italo Calvino, If On a Winter's Night a Traveler In the center of downtown Portland lies Monument Square, a memorial to the city's Civil War veterans and a prominent public space where the city's Arts District, business district, and the Old Port converge. And occupying pride of place in the city's most prominent square is the newly-renovated main branch of the Portland Public Library.
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Living In Portland
Coffee by the Stars: Portland's Got a Great Café for Every Taste
November 22, 2011 / / The creative economy runs on coffee, and as you would expect, Portland, Maine, has a plethora of fine coffee and great coffeehouses. If you're a creative thought worker trying to figure out where to park your laptop when inspiration strikes, the variety can be overwhelming.
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The Arts
Creative Portland Invites Leading Live/Work Consultants for Two Day Confab on Arts Based Development
September 24, 2011 / It's an old story—repeated from SoHo in New York in the 70s to SoMa in San Francisco in the 90s—the artists move in, the rents go up, the artists move on. But in the last 40 years, cities have learned that there are alternatives to this shell game that gentrifies the avant-garde.
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Working in Portland
Baxter is Hogwarts, Coleman is Potter and Via is Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year
August 15, 2011 / The summer's other great sequel was not in 3-d multiplexes but right on Congress street in Portland. Ad Age named the VIA Agency, Small Agency of the Year, Gold.
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The Arts
Gimme More SPACE! Portland’s Most Trafficked Gallery Expands
June 28, 2011 / / SPACE Gallery—or just “SPACE”—is a mainstay of the First Friday Art Walk circuit here in Portland, Maine. This downtown nonprofit arts organization also functions as a hub for the city’s most mind-blowing concerts.
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The Arts
Venturing Beyond First Friday, Base Camp Gallery Begins their Ascent on Last Thursday
March 29, 2011 / / A base camp is more than your average campground. It’s a launch pad for the expedition.