Lincoln Park (Portland, Maine)

Lincoln Park is a 2.5 acres (1.0 ha) urban park in downtown Portland, Maine. Created in 1866 following the 1866 Great Fire which burned down most of the buildings of Portland, it was named in honor of former President Abraham Lincoln. It is bounded by Congress, Pearl, Federal and Market streets. The land was purchased for just over $81,000 at 75 cents a square foot and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[1]

Occupy Maine

In 2011, the Occupy Maine encampment, part of the larger "Occupy" protests, began "occupying" in Lincoln Park as part of an arrangement with the city authorities. At 4am on October 25, a chemical bomb was thrown into the park at the encampment.[2]. On December 8, Portland City Council voted 8-1 in favor of denying Occupy Maine a permit to stay in the park. [3].

References

  1. ^ City of Portland, Maine: The dedication of Lincoln Park being the public exercises held in the Payson Memorial Church and at Lincoln Park, February 12, 1909, in observance of the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln via GoogleBooks
  2. ^ Arco, Matthew (October 25, 2011). "Portland probe chemical bomb at Lincoln Park". Portland Daily Sun. http://portlanddailysun.me/news/story/portland-probe-chemical-bomb-lincoln-park. Retrieved 25 October 2011. 
  3. ^ Bell, Tom (December 8, 2011). "Occupy Maine Permit Denied". Portland Press Herald. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Occupy-Maine-permit-denied.html. Retrieved 8 December 2011.