An aerial view across the Fore River from the Western Prom. (Photo by Patryk Drozd, soaringimagery.com.)
Victoria Mansion (aka the Morse-Libby House) at 109 Danforth St. was built 1858-1860 as a summer home for Ruggles Sylvester Morse and his wife, Olive. (victoriamansion.org. Photo by Diane Maines.)
An undated historic photo of the Western Promenade.
A high-angle view of historic roof restoration work at the corner of Vaughan and Pine streets. (Staff photo by Gordon Chibroski.)
A walker enjoys the late-day winter sun on the Western Promenade. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna.)
No longer “active,” the 12-acre Western Cemetery was the city’s “primary cemetery from 1829–1852.” (wikipedia.org. Photo by Diane Maines.)
The grand West Mansion is among the city’s best-known landmarks. (Photo by Diane Maines.)
Chaval, on Pine Street, is a “neighborhood West End brasserie with Spanish and French-inspired seasonal cuisine.” (chavalmaine.com. Photo by Diane Maines.)
Butler Grammar School, at the corner of West and Pine streets, was designed by architect Francis Fassett and built in 1879. It was converted into apartments in the mid-1970s. (www.portlandlandmarks.org. Photo by Diane Maines.)
Burr C. Miller’s statue of Thomas Brackett “Czar” Reed gazes toward the West End from the Western Prom. (Photo by Patryk Drozd, soaringimagery.com.)
When the Danforth Inn, built in 1823 as a private home, had guest quarters added much later, the designer was architect John Calvin Stevens. (Staff photo by Jack Milton.)
“Loveliest of trees …” Cherry blossoms behind a West End row house herald spring. (Photo by Diane Maines.)
This 1920s Tudor on the Western Prom was a Portland Symphony Orchestra Designer Show House. (Staff photo by John Patriquin.)
Like many West End streets, Carroll Street is wide and has little traffic. (Photo by Diane Maines.)
This illustration shows the corner of Spring and Emery streets in 1876. The Italian Villa-style house was built in 1858.
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