Portland's Gorham's Corner Reimagined

with Cary Tyson from Portland Downtown and Portland Trails

Saturday, May 6 at 12:00 PM - UPDATED TIME!

Estimated duration: One hour

Gorham's Corner was the center of a predominantly Irish working class community. The neighborhood originated when the Irish became the first large non-English group in Portland. Over 500 Irish immigrants came during Black '47, the year of the famine in Ireland. Over time, this area has become an intersection that's challenging to navigate. Our walk will focus on some suggested changes to the area as noted below and highlight both the history of the area as well as the urbanism issues of the space and downtown Portland. This project is designed as a temporary, low-cost test of a concept to re-configure historic Gorham’s Corner to function better and be more attractive. The goals of the project are to provide a safer, more accessible and more welcoming corner for all users, to test the concept before investing in a more costly full build-out, and to demonstrate the benefits of Public/Private/Non-profit partnerships.

Accessibility: This walk follows sidewalks and will be accessible with wheelchairs and strollers.

Starting and ending point: The intersection of York Street and Center Street

 

For questions about this walk, please email janeswalkme@gmail.com