Take It Easy: Portland, Maine in the 1970s

"In the 1970s, Portland, Maine was a struggling seaside city on the cusp of change from a traditional working class gathering spot to a popular tourist destination. Take it Easy showcases a remarkable series of long-forgotten black and white images taken by amateur photographer John Duncan. Duncan wonderfully captured the innocence, mood, and spirit of the both the city and the seventies before the malls emptied out the traditional retail districts and as urban renewal, high-priced hotels, fancy restaurants, and office buildings slowly began changing the streetscapes, neighborhood, and the skyline forever"--