City By The Sea - A Photographic History of Portland, Maine

Description: If you're from Portland, you MUST have this book! It shows old black and white photographs, many from the 19th & early 20th century with the opposite page displaying a contemporary view of the same location. Look at the photos of Congress Street bustling with trollies, the old white marble town hall. Look at the shot of gorgeous Grand Trunk Station, and then see the vacant lot of weeds that occupies the site after the splendid, old train station was demolished for no good reason. Take a peek at the solid granite, majestic, old Union Station that LBJ's Urban Renewal destroyed in order to give us the current, disgusting strip mall. Yes, this book will raise your blood pressure; but you'll also learn things you didn't know and be amazed at how the city looked before the automobile. This book is in VERY Good condition. There are minor imperfections in the cover you can see if you look very closely, but otherwise this book even smells brand new. 8

Price: 55 USD

Location: Lisbon, Maine

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