Inside/Out: Yard South

We are thrilled to share the fifth year of "Inside/Out" landscape architecture site tours across our region. Prioritizing issues of climate and health, equity and resilience, each tour discusses ideas and implementation as we explore these landscapes together.

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Yard South is a proposed mixed-use community on 30 acres of underutilized land in South Portland’s Eastern Waterfront. It has been thoughtfully planned to be a blueprint for sustainable coastal development, addressing both the housing crisis and incorporating coastal resilience strategies.

Join the Yard South team for a 10-minute conceptual master plan presentation followed by a 50-minute site walk. Participants will learn about the site’s WWII history, our public engagement process, and the crucial role of zoning and land use planning to ensure smart growth in Southern Maine. 

Led by

Amy Magida, landscape architect and Yard South Project Manager

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Kristen Bartlett, Yard South Outreach, Events & Administrative Coordinator

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For those interested in further discussion, we invite you to join us at Spring Point Tavern after the tour for drinks and conversation.

Members + non-members, families, friends, colleagues, interested neighbors, this includes you.

FOR FURTHER READING

About Yard South from the Yard South team, including plans, description, timeline, and engagement to date

Gillian Graham, "Yard South developer files for rezoning of South Portland waterfront property," Portland Press Herald, August 1, 2024.

Nicole Ogrysko, "Debate over Yard South housing development heats up in South Portland," Maine Public, September 19. 2024.

Kelly Page, "A working waterfront transformed by war," on the World War II use of this waterfront. The Island Institute, 2022.

IMAGES

From top, Arial view, courtesy Yard South

View looking from South Portland across the site, toward the ocean; Portland Press-Herald

Yard South Site Location Map, courtesy Yard South

Below, aerial view of South Portland’s Cushing’s Point Shipyard in full production during World War II. Photo, Maine Maritime Museum, republished by the Island Institute.

Organized by the Boston Society of Landscape Architects, "Inside/Out" is an ongoing series of small group, outdoor, on-site walking tours of landscape architecture throughout our region. Prioritizing issues of climate and health, equity and resilience, tour discusses ideas and implementation as we explore these landscapes together.

View a short video of Inside/Out highlights.

Is there a landscape you'd like to visit -- or one you'd like to share? Let us know! This series is ongoing.

Host or Publisher The Maine Section of BSLA