A spruce tree is suspended in the air after being removed from 140 Brentwood St. in Portland. It was being loaded onto a truck to be delivered to Monument Square on Thursday to be decorated as the city's Christmas tree.
Mikki Jones-Little, second from right, and David Little watched their tree load onto a truck after it was removed from 140 Brentwood St. in Portland to begin its journey to Monument Square on Thursday.
A worker looks down from a cherry picker before removing a spruce tree at 140 Brentwood St. in Portland.
A spruce tree that was removed from 140 Brentwood St. is transported through the intersection of Brighton Avenue, Falmouth Street and Deering Avenue on its way to Monument Square in Portland on Thursday.
A Colorado spruce tree dangles from a crane before it is set in place on Monument Square in Portland, where it will be lit for the holidays.
A worker in a cherry picker raises a cable that was fastened to a spruce tree that was cut down at 140 Brentwood St. in Portland and delivered to Monument Square to be city's Christmas tree.
Workers fasten a cable to hold up the Christmas tree that was removed from 140 Brentwood St. in Portland and delivered to Monument Square on Thursday. Crews from the Forestry Section of the Portland Department of Public Services prepared the tree, while Keely Crane Services and Shaw Brothers Construction donated staff, crane and transportation services. Portland police and parking control helped with the transport.
The city's newly installed Christmas tree – sans decorations – is seen through a fifth-floor window of People's United Bank on Congress Street in Portland on Thursday.
A crowd gathers for the Christmas tree lighting festivities in Portland’s Monument Square on Friday.
Portland's holiday tree is lit up in Monument Square on Friday evening.
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