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The Arts District in Portland (Maine)
The Arts District in Portland (Maine)
The Arts District centers around Congress Street, which runs through the center of the city. The Portland Museum of Art sits in Congress Square across from the Eastland Park Hotel and next to the Children's Museum of Maine. Galleries abound in the Arts District, as do restaurants and watering holes. The Maine College of Art, which houses the Institute of Contemporary Art, and SPACE Gallery are both located on Congress Street. The music venue One Longfellow is located on Congress where it enters the West End and the Portland Stage Company is housed among a cluster of galleries at the top of Forest Avenue, near Congress. Congress street is home to an L.L. Bean outlet store and in Monument Square you can find a permanent farmers' market called the Public Market House. On Wednesdays between May and November other local farmers sell local produce and flowers and in the square.
The Arts District includes more businesses that cater to local residents, but there are also several great used books and music shops:
Yes Books on Congress St. near Congress Square is overflowing with used books, including a behind-the-shelf collection of rare and valuable volumes.
Enterprise Records sells used vinyl records in the State Theater building on Congress Street just west of Congress Square.
Cunningham Books is a slightly-more-organized and spacious used bookstore on State Street in Longfellow Square.
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