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 offers a remarkable series of
long-forgotten black and white images captured by amateur photographer
John Duncan that wonderfully capture 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 evolving to change
the streetscapes and the skyline forever.