Westbrook's New Groove
How a plucky little mill town stole Portland's mojo.
By Edgar Allen Beem, Photography by Jeffrey Stevensen
Westbrook is the new Portland. More to the point, Westbrook is what Portland was not all that long ago -- an affordable small city, a mecca for artists offering plenty of cheap studio space in old mills and warehouses, a city friendly to new development, a city attracting biotech and insurance firms, a happening place with a surprising number of interesting restaurants and bistros; in short, a city about to flower.If you grew up in Westbrook prior to the 1970s, you know why they called Westbrook the Paper City.
