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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.
OLD PORT/WATERFRONT
Portland’s working waterfront is an
attraction in and of itself. Renovated brick
warehouses and tour boats line Commer-
cial Street. Cruise ships dock daily in the
fall. The Old Port is the heart of Portland’s
shopping, dining, and nightlife scene.
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.
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.
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.
Photo: – Dudek
Many neighborhoods with distinctly different
characters exist on the hub of Portland’s downtown,
the Portland Peninsula, only three miles long and
one-and-one-half miles wide. Because of its compact
size, your group is likely to meet and spend time in
several of the following districts.
At home in Maine.
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 restau-
rants and small shops, crowns Commercial Street.