PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical Center’s massive, concrete employee parking garage has loomed over the city’s southwestern gateway since 1972. In those 48 years, it’s become a local icon marking the end of the suburbs and the start of downtown. Situated close to the sidewalk and halfway up Bramhall Hill, the gray monument to Brutalist efficiency seems even taller than its 10 stories.

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