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A pr i l 2 0 1 6 7 1 City Beat CoreyTempleTon Kings RowTheres a story behind every door along the West Ends exclusive Park Row. H ORACE MORSE resident en- lightened landlord and hands- on restorer of three of Park Rows 14 townhouse units during the late 1960s through the early 1980s always dreamed of writing an operetta about this brick and brownstone structure planned in 1835 built 1837 and its colorful residents. Few would have been better suited to such a task that the gregarious contagiously optimis- tic antiquarian entrepreneur and conver- sationalist. In those heroic early days of ar- chitectural preservation concerned citizens rallied around Greater Portland Landmarks GPL and its first director Pamela Plumb had begun to restore the Row. Located in what was then considered a blighted area it was difficult to arrange home loans for units but in 1970 they were able to place Maines largest and finest row-house on the National Register of Historic Places. Since World War II when the bottom fell out of the local economy the prevailing dream of Portlands civic leaders centered on urban renewal slum clearance which brought in big federal dollars and construc- tion jobs and made run-down houses dis- appear. At the dawn of the 1970s dreams of urban renewal and architectural pres- ervation collided on the virtual doorstep of Park Row. Greater Portland Landmarks was organized in response to earlier losses such as Union Station St. Stephens Church Munjoy South and the ongoing destruction and depopulation of the Spring and Pleasant streets neighborhoods. GPL looked to pro- tect buildings for creative reuse and destina- tion tourism. From High Street to the Old Port to Franklin Street a two-lane arterial was created splitting the city. Activist Vin- cent OMalley noted Money talks and eve- rybody walks. The majority of those forced from their homes on Spring and Pleasant went into worse housing and higher rent. A rather nasty war of words grew in the local press. In 1972 the 13.5-million Maine Way Projectfrom Spring Street to Stroud- waterwas progressing toward the West By William DaviD Barry