Residents Laugh At Proposal For 635-Foot Towers
16 December 2001 - 5:00am
Residents of Portland, ME, consider the proposal for building two 635-foot towers and a complex with two hospitals, a marina, cable cars, to be too big and "metropolitan."
"New York-based developer John Cacoulidis envisions twin 635-foot hotel towers, a convention center and two hospitals - for general and plastic surgery - on the 22-acre parcel. The development would include a marina for cruise ships and a 300-foot-high cable car system to whisk visitors across Portland Harbor."
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The Boston Globe, December 15, 2001
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