In honor of the acquisition of AirTran by Southwest and it seems general excitement amongst Portlanders about Southwest coming to the Portland JetPort.

The jet in this picture’s actually over the Casco Bay Bridge, but at this point everyone looking at this blog is sick of the Casco Bay Bridge, right?

This trestle leads up to the swing bridge, currently unused, spanning Back Cove’s opening into Casco Bay and connecting Portland’s East End with East Deering.

In the afternoon people fish from the trestle.

Perhaps the positive thing that’s come out of the grant Portland Trails proposed to convert the railroad bridge to a bike and a pedestrian crossing, which died, is that backers of rail got (better) organized and started to make themselves heard.

Portland would do well with a light rail system. Look at how the other Portland benefited from their streetcar. It would certainly do well with a holistic approach to transportation, human powered and efficient and enjoyable (yes, enjoyable) mass transit.

Coffee By Design just redid the interior and the Congress Street facade to this store. It looks fantastic! This is the back door entrance.