Story #20: On this spot in 1956, Priscilla and Loretta’s shoes could be heard click clacking on their way to church. Marianne Reali grew up in The India Street Neighborhood. One grandmother lived [...]
Story #19: On this spot in 1930 Amato’s made 1,500 sandwiches a day. They cost 15 cents. Looking at India Street today, it can be hard to imagine that it was once a bustling working class [...]
Story #18: On this spot in 2019 there was an outdoor market like they do in Italy. Jeff Reali owns Reali Reality located at 129 Newbury Street. His mom grew up in the neighborhood. His father [...]
Story #17: On this spot in 2020 Tom wrote the next great American novel. Tom is a regular at Coffee By Design. Every day he sits down to write his “morning pages” from The Artists Way either [...]
Story #16: On this spot in 1911 mothers could pick up fresh milk for their babies. The Portland Civic Club (now the Woodfords Club), with some funding from the Portland Board of Health, operated [...]
Story #15: On this spot every day more people than you know get sober. The Milestone Foundation supports people facing addiction and homelessness in Maine. Milestone operates the only homeless [...]
Story #14: On this spot in 1898 Jun Sing operated one of the first Chinese Laundries. Like many of Portland’s Chinese hand laundries, the ownership of the laundry at 60 India Street changed [...]
Story #13: On this spot Chad Conley celebrated his 21st birthday. Chad Conley grew up in Portland. His family has lived in the neighborhood for five generations. When Chad was twenty-one he [...]
Story #12: On this spot in 1967 a neighborhood was lost. Originally the India Street neighborhood extended beyond what is now known as the Franklin Arterial. Homes lined small streets where you [...]
Story #11: On this spot in 1962, Jordan’s Meats opened its plant. The Jordan’s Meat Factory took up an entire block of The India Street Neighborhood. Many people associate it with the iconic red [...]