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Exchange Street is a main commercial thoroughfare in the 
Old Port Old Port is a name used by historic port districts in several jurisdictions.
Old Port or Oldport may refer to:
Historic port districts
* Oldport of Berlin Charter Township, Michigan, United States
* The Port, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United Stat ...
of Portland, Maine, U.S. It features a number of designer clothing stores, as well as several small, locally owned businesses. There are also a couple of coffee shops, one of which doubles as an Internet café. In the summer of 2015, an independent ballet school and dance studio opened, Exchange Street Studio.
Exchange Street is known locally as the main hub of the Old Port. Before the 1970s, Exchange Street and the Old Port area had become largely run-down and deserted. Gentrification began in the early 1970s and continues to this day.
Historically, Exchange Street was where many printers and newspapers were located. At the top of Exchange Street, strategically located across Congress Street from Portland City Hall, is the Press Herald Building built in 1923 and expanded in 1948 as the headquarters of the '' Portland Press Herald.'' In 2015, the renovated building became the Press Hotel.
See also
*Printers' Exchange Block
The Printers' Exchange Block is a historic commercial building located at 103–107 Exchange Street in the Old Port of Portland, Maine. The building, which was designed in 1866 by Charles Q. Clapp, was built the same year. It wraps around the blo ...
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