Sunday, January 10, 2010

Central Maine

The Central Maine Railroad offices are on Cumberland Avenue. Before the demise of Union Station in the early Sixties, this was a hustling expanse of buildings. Today, this beautiful complex of brick and stone are all that remain of a bygone era, when steam locomotives were seen racing through intersections and lonesome whistles were heard restlessly awaking your dreams. Now, CMR offices are located in just a couple of buildings with doctors' offices, a restaurant and other establishments filling the others.

9 comments:

  1. la luce rende questo edificio ancora piĆ¹ bello.
    ciao simona

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  2. At least that still remains and wasn't torn down when the station was lost!

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  3. What a lovely old building! My great grandfather worked for the railroad on the east coast of Florida for many years and I used to love to hear his stories about the trains. I hope your recovery is going well.

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  4. A great looking old building. At least it is still in use and not razed or in disrepair.

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  5. Well, back... at least in some respects. I'm taking a look at all your kind thoughts and comments. bm

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  6. Hey - - great to see you, Birdman . . . just take it slow.

    I like this building and hope someone tries to get it designated as a "National Historic site" or some such designation to preserve it for continued reuse. It's on my list to take the "Downeaster" to Portland some day.

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  7. I really like the round parts I would like to see the inside. Glad you are back home and blogging again.

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  8. Wow, what a beautiful old building.

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