Maine Memory Network

Anshe Sfard synagogue being demolished, Portland, 1983

Contributed by: Abraham Schechter through Maine Historical Society Date: 1983-08-08 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Boarded-up buildings, Portland, 1966

Contributed by: Maine Department of Transportation Date: 1966 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Kenduskeag Stream Urban Renewal Project, Bangor, 1968-1975

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1968–1975 Location: Bangor; Bangor Client: City of Bangor Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Paine Hotel and Business Complex, urban renewal site B-11, study, Bangor, 1972-1973

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1972–1973 Location: Bangor Client: Paine Hotel and Business Complex Architect: Eaton W. Tarbell

Anshe Sfard, Portland's Early Chassidic Congregation

Chassidic Jews who came to Portland from Eastern Europe formed a congregation in the late 19th century and, in 1917, built a synagogue -- Anshe Sfard -- on Cumberland Avenue in Portland. By the early 1960s, the congregation was largely gone. The building was demolished in 1983.

Maine Medical Center, Bramhall Campus

Maine Medical Center, founded as Maine General Hospital, has dominated Portland’s West End since its construction in 1871 on Bramhall Hill. As the medical field grew in both technological and social practice, the facility of the hospital also changed. This exhibit tracks the expansion and additions to that original building as the hospital adapted to its patients’ needs.

Historic Hallowell - Important Buildings and Institutions

"In the 1960s an urban renewal proposal and a highway construction plan threatened to demolish many historic buildings in the downtown area."

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - VIII. Changing course and new beginnings (1955-Present) - Page 2 of 2

"… last 15 years or so to create a sense of hope and renewal in this plucky city. More development has taken place in the industrial and shopping…"

A Lifelong Romance with Retail
by George A Smith

Maine's once plentiful small retail stores.

Monument Square 1967
by C. Michael Lewis

The background story and research behind a commissioned painting of Monument Square.