Arts District Neighborhood Overview

🧭Generally defined as the area: State Street on the west, Cumberland Avenue to the north, Franklin Street to the east, Free Street and Spring Street to the south, centered on Congress Square through Monument Square and City Hall

📌Well known for: Portland Museum of Art, Maine College of Art, First Friday

👕You'll fit in if: thrift fits, sketchbook, piercings and tats, gallery stamina

👍Locals live here because: proximity, cultural density, artists working in all forms

👎Don't say we didn't warn you about: parking hassles, nighttime sirens

✨The overall feel is: Gallery glam meets gritty