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PORTLAND’S
NEIGHBORHOODS
Arts District
The cultural epicenter of Maine, Portland’s
Arts District encompasses an art school,
world-renowned art museum, numerous
galleries, professional theatre, and live
performance venues.
East Bayside
This former industrial area is now exploding
with coffeeshops, breweries, distilleries, and
other innovative businesses. East Bayside is
definitely Portland’s new hot zone.
East End
The panoramic harbor views from the
Eastern Prom cannot be matched elsewhere
in the city. Once a neglected neighborhood,
the East End is on the rise and has become the
hip area to live in Portland. The Observatory,
situated among a bevy of restaurants and
small shops, crowns Congress Street.
Old Port/Waterfront
Portland’s working waterfront is an attraction
in and of itself. Renovated brick warehouses
and tour boats line Commercial Street. Cruise
ships dock daily in the fall. The Old Port is
the heart of Portland’s shopping, dining, and
nightlife scene.
Parkside
Taking its name from 55-acre Deering Oaks
Park, this district is also home to the Portland
Exposition Building, University of Southern
Maine, the Portland Ice Arena, and Hadlock
Stadium, home of the Portland Sea Dogs
baseball team.
Thompson’s Point
Imaginative and dynamic, this newly
developed waterfront district combines
entertainment and conference facilities,
an outdoor skating rink, quirky museums,
a distillery, a brewery, and the training
and performance company, Circus Maine.
West End
Industrial age mansions and Victorian era
architecture line the quiet streets of the city’s
most elegant quarter. Enjoy a stroll along the
Western Prom and dine in great restaurants
favored by locals.
PHOTOS CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT:
Kim Chapman Photography; Maine Office of
Tourism; James Chatmas
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