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Rediscovering Portland

Today was perhaps one of the most beautiful days in Portland ever. Of course, I tell myself this every time it is sunny and in the mid-70s here. Nothing is better than Portland on a sunny day.
I’ve lived in Portland for 16 years. I don’t know that any other place will feel [...]

A house saved?

by Dieselboi

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There is a block close to my house where 9 single family homes are boarded up awaiting demolition. On N. Interstate, a new condo tower is going in – albeit only a 6 story “tower.” While I’m glad to see the change, I am saddened by the loss of some [...]

11.17.2008 See the rest → 4 comments

Last remaining TriMet shelter…

by Dieselboi

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So, if you ventured downtown any time in the past 30 years, you would be familiar with the 70’s era bus shelters that dotted SW 5th and 6th avenues. That was before the most recent green line MAX construction. When they first began construction and moved the buses off to [...]

10.26.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Get on with the construction already

by Dieselboi

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I live a block away from a group of houses that are currently boarded up awaiting demolition up off N Interstate. Some have been empty since June. There are 9 of them along with a commercial structure. Over the summer, a couple of the houses became dumping grounds for [...]

10.02.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

Whose Chinatown is it Anyway?

by Lizzy Caston

Last night, Portland filmmaker Ivy Lin showed her documentary Pig Roast and a Tank of Fish at the Someday Lounge on NW 5th and Couch. The film looks at the rich history of Portland’s Chinatown. From rough and tumble beginnings, through an era of thriving business and a large ethnic residential district, to the [...]

09.29.2008 See the rest → 2 comments

New New Seasons? Maybe not.

by Dieselboi

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After I posted last week about the news that New Seasons would be opening a new store on the corner of N. Williams and Fremont, I got an email from an individual who is in a position to know the know. This source said that while New Seasons is a “front [...]

09.19.2008 See the rest → 1 comment

Mount Hood Freeway: Part Deux

by Jeremy Towsey-French

Yeah baby. Good-ole, progressive Oregon is about ready to walk a far different walk than it talks.
The Oregonian today provided an intriguing review of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s evaluation and assessment of the Columbia River Crossing (CRC) project. It appears that our friends involved in developing the CRC project were less than diligent in [...]

07.11.2008 See the rest → 3 comments

Don’t take my liquor store away!

by Dieselboi

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In my neighborhood, where I have lived now for 10 years, things are changing rather quickly. I live 2 blocks off N Interstate and the new zoning proposal is really going to change the landscape. Where single family homes currently stand, high rise apartments and/or condos will soon dominate. [...]

07.08.2008 See the rest → 17 comments

Empty Buildings are not helping the community

by A. L. Venable

I live a block off NE MLK, Jr. Boulevard. In my daily commute on the #6, I always pass empty, boarded-up buildings. It’s depressing to see, especially when there are other signs of revitalization happening in small pockets.
With all the planned building projects scheduled to occur in the coming months and years, I know things [...]

06.30.2008 See the rest → 4 comments