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India Street
India Street is a downtown street and neighborhood in Portland, Maine, United States. Situated near the western foot of Munjoy Hill, it runs for around , from Congress Street in the northwest to Commercial Street and Thames Street in the southeast. It was the city's first street, and the location of the first settlement of European immigrants to the city (then called Falmouth) in the 17th century. There are thirty handmade bricks in the sidewalk commemorating the neighborhood's notable events. In 1680, when Thomas Danforth was Deputy Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the street was known as Broad Street. After the incorporation of the Town of Falmouth in 1718, the street was known as High King Street.''The Origins of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Street
Indian Street is a historic street in Savannah, Georgia, United States. It runs for about from Warner Street in the west to Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (part of State Route 25) in the east. It is immediately to the south of the Talmadge Memorial Bridge. The street is so named because it passes through Yamacraw Village, itself named for the Yamacraw Native Americans, who lived on Savannah's Yamacraw Bluff. Running parallel to River Street, near its western terminus in the Bay Street Viaduct Area, Indian Street has historically been in a neighborhood of tradespeople important to the early formation of the city. Established in the early 19th century, by the middle of the century 81 per cent of the residential population in that area was Irish-born, and almost half of that contingent was from County Wexford, Ireland, according to a 2017 study.Mic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maine State Pier
The Maine State Pier is a municipal-owned deepwater marine facility and music venue located at the intersection of Commercial Street and Franklin Street on the eastern waterfront in Portland, Maine. It was completed in 1924. In the mid-2000s, competing proposals were examined to redevelop the Maine State Pier into a tourist destination, but difficulties with state regulations and the late-2000s recession halted proposed redevelopment. In 2009, the first annual Portland Lobster Fest was held at the State Pier. In 2009, the Portland City Council approved spending $2.4 million to redevelop the end of pier. Improvements included the creation of an outdoor music venue. In 2011, rapper Wiz Khalifa and others appeared at the venue. In 2016, Maine native Howie Day performed " Collide" and other songs at the pier. In '07, Grace Potter & the Nocturnals from Vermont played there. Boston acts Guster played there in '09, and Rachel Platten in 2015. The venue has a maximum capacity of 3,000. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Portland Metro
The Greater Portland METRO is a regional Public Transportation, public transportation system, established in 1966, in Southern Maine. Operated by the Greater Portland Transit District, a Special district (United States), transit district comprising Portland, Maine, Portland, Westbrook, Maine, Westbrook, Falmouth, Maine, Falmouth, Yarmouth, Maine, Yarmouth, Freeport, Maine, Freeport, and Brunswick, Maine, Brunswick, the system also covers Gorham, Maine, Gorham and The Maine Mall portion of South Portland, Maine, South Portland. METRO is Maine's largest public transportation agency. The transit system's annual ridership was 1,850,686 in 2017. As of 2016, METRO operated a fleet of eighteen compressed natural gas (CNG) buses and fourteen diesel buses. It operates and maintains the only CNG fuel station in the state of Maine. History The ancestor to the METRO, the Portland and Forest Avenue Railroad Co., began operating horse-drawn lines in 1860. They were upgraded to streetcars in 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Freedom Trail
The Portland Freedom Trail is a self-guided walking tour of Portland, Maine. Established in 2007, its course passes through the city's oldest and most historic areas, including those related to its African American population, and features thirteen points of interest. Most of the stops are in the Old Port and Arts District. The Abyssinian Meeting House, the third-oldest African American meetinghouse in the country, is a stop on the tour, while several others are tied to the city's former Underground Railroad. Markers The granite markers with bronze plates denoting points on the tour were designed and created by Daniel Minter, a contemporary artist in the city who was instrumental in creating the trail. Some of the stops on the tour mark extant locations, while others mark former locations. Sights The thirteen stops on the tour: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mason (Freemasonry)
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to Fraternity, fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of Stonemasonry, stonemasons that, from the end of the 13th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Modern Freemasonry broadly consists of two main recognition groups: * Regular Freemasonry insists that a volume of scripture be open in a working lodge, that every member profess belief in a Supreme Being, that no women be admitted, and that the discussion of religion and politics be banned. * Continental Freemasonry consists of the jurisdictions that have removed some, or all, of these restrictions. The basic, local organisational unit of Freemasonry is the Masonic Lodge, Lodge. These private Lodges are usually supervised at the regional level (usually coterminous with a state, province, or national border) by a Grand Lodge or Grand Orient. There is no international, worldwide Grand Lodge that superv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Masonic Temple
A Masonic Temple or Masonic Hall is, within Freemasonry, the room or edifice where a Masonic Lodge meets. Masonic Temple may also refer to an abstract spiritual goal and the conceptual ritualistic space of a meeting. Development and history In the early years of Freemasonry, from the 17th through the 18th centuries, it was most common for Masonic Lodges to form their Masonic Temples either in private homes or in the private rooms of public taverns or halls which could be regularly rented out for Masonic purposes. This was less than ideal, however; meeting in public spaces required the transportation, set-up and dismantling of increasingly elaborate paraphernalia every time the lodge met. Lodges began to look for permanent facilities, dedicated purely to Masonic use. First Temples The first Masonic Hall was built in 1765 in Marseille, France. A decade later in May, 1775, the cornerstone of what would come to be known as Freemasons' Hall, London, was laid in solemn ceremonial ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amato's
Amato's Sandwich Shops, Inc., is a chain of Italian restaurants that serves sandwiches, pizza and pasta throughout northern New England, United States. Founded in 1902 by Giovanni Amato, Amato's currently operates 44 stores. Recent expansion has been in the form of franchising. The company also cans its pasta and pizza sauces for sale in Hannaford supermarkets. Headquartered in Portland, Amato's operates over 44 locations. About half of these are located throughout their home state of Maine. The chain also has a strong presence in Vermont (mostly within Maplefields convenience stores), and there are a handful of other locations within New Hampshire. They have expanded into Massachusetts, having opened four locations in November 2019. Amato's is best known for its Italian sandwiches. Its most popular menu item, called "The Original Real Italian," was supposedly invented in 1902. Giovanni named his sandwiches "Italians" in honor of his homeland. Unlike other sandwich shops th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Engine House, 97 India Street
An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy. Available energy sources include potential energy (e.g. energy of the Earth's gravitational field as exploited in hydroelectric power generation), heat energy (e.g. geothermal), chemical energy, electric potential and nuclear energy (from nuclear fission or nuclear fusion). Many of these processes generate heat as an intermediate energy form, so heat engines have special importance. Some natural processes, such as atmospheric convection cells convert environmental heat into motion (e.g. in the form of rising air currents). Mechanical energy is of particular importance in transportation, but also plays a role in many industrial processes such as cutting, grinding, crushing, and mixing. Mechanical heat engines convert heat into work via various thermodynamic processes. The internal combustion engine is perhaps the most common example of a mechanical heat engine, in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Etz Chaim Synagogue
Etz Chaim Synagogue is a synagogue in Portland, Maine. Located at 267 Congress Street, it is the only immigrant-era European-style synagogue remaining in Maine. It was founded in 1921 as an English-language synagogue, rather than a traditional Yiddish-language Yiddish (, or , ''yidish'' or ''idish'', , ; , ''Yidish-Taytsh'', ) is a West Germanic language historically spoken by Ashkenazi Jews. It originated during the 9th century in Central Europe, providing the nascent Ashkenazi community with a ver ... one. Gary S. Berenson presides as Rabbi of the congregation. The building also houses the Maine Jewish Museum. References External links Etz Chaim Synagogue Website Portland Press Herald, October 4, 2003 Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME) December 14, 2009 1921 establishments in Maine Jews and Judaism in Portland, Maine Jewish organizations established in 1921 Religious buildings and structures in Portland, Maine Synagogues in Maine {{US-synagogue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Federal Street (Portland, Maine)
Federal Street is a historic downtown street in Portland, Maine, United States. It runs for around , from Monument Square, in the southwest to Mountfort Street, at the foot of Munjoy Hill, in the northeast. Its middle section was wiped out by the widening of Franklin Street in 1967. It forms the southern boundaries of both Lincoln Park (established in 1866) and Eastern Cemetery (1668). Both are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Upon its completion in 2023, The Casco, at 201 Federal Street, became the tallest residential building in Maine, at , surpassing Franklin Towers. It is the third-tallest building in the state overall, behind the Agora Grand Event Center in Lewiston. Intersections The following major streets intersect with Federal Street (from southwest to northeast): * Monument Square * Temple Street * Exchange Street * Market Street * Pearl Street * India Street * Mountfort Street Notable addresses Northeast to southwest: * John Parrs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle Street
Middle Street is a downtown street in Portland, Maine, United States. Dating to 1724 (although part of it was a path established by ancient settlers), it runs for around , from an intersection with Union Street, Spring Street and Temple Street in the southwest, to Hancock Street, at the foot of Munjoy Hill, in the northeast. It formerly originated at what was then known as Market Square (today's Monument Square (Portland, Maine), Monument Square), but 20th-century redevelopment saw the section between Monument Square and Free Street pedestrianized, and the remaining section—around The Maine Lobsterman monument on Temple Street—erased. Near its midsection, Middle Street crosses Franklin Street (Portland, Maine), Franklin Street. In 1756, when Franklin Street was laid out between Middle Street and Congress Street (Portland, Maine), Back Street (today's Congress Street), it was known as Fiddle Street. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franklin Street (Portland)
Franklin Street is a four-lane street in Portland, Maine. It began as Essex Street in the 18th century, but changed to Franklin Street by 1823. It is a major corridor for traffic from Interstate 295 to Portland's downtown, and to other neighborhoods located on the Portland peninsula. History Franklin Street was reconstructed as a divided arterial roadway in the late 1960s, after the demolition of Portland's Little Italy, Bayside and other neighborhoods. Renamed Franklin Street Arterial, it was built to allow greater access by vehicles to Commercial Street and the rest of downtown. Unfortunately, this configuration also hindered pedestrian traffic—both along its length and across it—to and from East Bayside, the Old Port, Munjoy Hill and other neighborhoods which border it. Franklin Towers, at the corner of Cumberland Avenue, was built at this same time. In May 2007, 70 people gathered to discuss the impacts and potential of Franklin Street Arterial. The report of this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
