Portland's skyline may one day look quite different. The city's planning board Tuesday night gave the green light to a 30-story tower proposed for the Old Port.

If built, the tower would be the tallest, by far, in Maine and in northern New England.

The plans call for 73 condos, an 88-room hotel, retail and a publicly accessible observation area at the top. The building would stand twice as tall as Portland's well-known Time and Temperature building.

The project, known as Old Port Square, has earned mixed reactions from Portland residents and businesses over the last six months or so. On one hand, some have said the project meets the city's goals of developing on Portland's underutilized surface lots and creating an active urban center.

"We think it will bring some new life into the O

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