Maine Memory Network

Life on a Tidal River - Narrative

"Bangor began to experience urban sprawl with the opening of its first malls. These malls gave Bangor citizens up-to-date shopping facilities with…"

Life on a Tidal River - William S. Cohen, The Man and the School

"… have now all been torn down as part of an urban renewal project in the 1960's.) However, education was very important to Bill Cohen's family."

Historic Hallowell - History Celebrated, Threatened and Preserved

"Neither fire nor flood nor urban renewal have altered significantly this remarkable grouping that developed at the riverfront during Hallowell’s…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - Cities of Smoke and Soot

"… Smoke and Soot Aftermath of Harmon's Corner Fire, 1911McArthur Public Library Headline about the fire which consumed Biddeford's City…"

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."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - …next came the artists and rusticators.

"… from the noise and pollution of industrialized urban life. Hoping that the “cool waters of Eden” might invigorate body and soul, vacationers…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - EXHIBITS

"… introduction to Biddeford and Saco's tumultuous fire history. By Dean Thomas Smalley, University of New England SHIPBUILDING IN BIDDEFORD…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - The Civil War/Reconstruction Era as Experienced in Biddeford & Saco - Page 15 of 17

"… Saco were running on Tuesday, and 100 guns were fired in honor of the fall of Richmond. In Saco in the evening the Town Hall was thrown open, which…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Charles K. Savage (1903-1979): The View from Asticou - Page 3 of 6

"… for summer guests who came to the island from urban areas of the Northeast for long term stays from mid-June through Labor Day. Most of the A.C."

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Indians & Rusticators: Wabanakis & Summer Visitors on Mount Desert Island 1840s-1920s

"… relief from the noise and pollution of crowded urban life. After tramping about in nature, they desired good dining and entertainment, followed by…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - V. A Cascade of Booms & Busts (1790-1865) - Page 2 of 3

"… first "block" built, the first bank, the first fire company, first fraternal lodge, first high school, first newspaper, first city directory, first…"

Biddeford History & Heritage Project - III. An undercurrent of danger: Colonial Biddeford

"… and the natives were exposed to the settlers' fire. Six natives were killed and 15 wounded. In 1718 the area of west Saco and Winter Harbor became…"

Mount Desert Island: Shaped by Nature - Harbor Cottage, The Old Ell (“Mame’s House”), and the Big Barn

"… to unspoiled nature from their rapidly developing urban surroundings. One place they discovered was the relative backwater of coastal Maine."

Bath's Historic Downtown - History Overview

"… while the city debated a 1959 proposal for urban renewal. In addition to stimulating the growth of downtown parking lots, heavy automobile traffic…"

Bath's Historic Downtown - Intersection of Centre and Washington

"When Bath rejected a massive urban renewal project in the early 1960s, Sears and its chain stores in Bath were left without enough facilities and…"

Presque Isle: The Star City - History of Presque Isle

"… made it difficult for farmers to get potatoes to urban markets, farmers sold their potatoes to starch factories in the area which then processed…"