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I would encourage the city of Portland to approve the Portland Museum of Art’s proposal for its addition, including the demolition of the former Chamber of Commerce building. I love historic architecture. I spent childhood summers in a John Calvin Stevens cottage. But I also worked for architects for 40 years and I understand that […]
The suggestion that a large expansion will lift the PMA out of a pattern of financial underperformance is not to be trusted.
Our architectural heritage should certainly be protected. But this is not the battle to fight.
Without the Payson Building, Planning and Zoning Department, the town would look like a chaotic mess.
Portland’s unique historic fabric need not be sacrificed in order to facilitate the museum's expansion.