Take It Easy: Portland, Maine in the 1970s - Photographs by John Duncan - SIGNED!

Oversized trade Paperback.  HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!  These copies are signed by the artist! An amazing social document of Portland's deeply rooted past, which we hope will never be glossed over completely.  John is an amazing person, a terrific photographer, and I feel very fortunate to be able to share his work with all of you through this book. In the 1970s, decades before this working-class Maine city was reborn as one of the trendiest and priciest small cities in America, Portland stood anxiously at an inflection point. Moribund and and neglected, it was walking a knife's edge toward an uncertain future as urban renewal efforts demolished aging buildings, preservationists rallied to save the city's historic character, and no one knew if any small Northeastern city could ever thrive again in a modern world. Take it Easy: Portland in the 1970s revisits those uneasy days through a remarkable collection of more than 130 long-forgotten, black-and-white images captured by dishwasher, cab dr