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Drive to Downtown PDX? Not Any More…

by Betsy Richter

I’ve been doing a slow burn about this for months now — but the match hit the haystack Saturday afternoon.
See, over the last few months, I’ve been trying to reduce my driving trips downtown. Between the challenges finding on-street parking, the non-functioning new smart readers, the parking tickets I’ve gotten mere [...]

11.17.2009 See the rest → 15 comments

Inquiring Minds…

by Cosmic Charlie

While walking around the inner city core, I spend a lot of time looking down. What with broken glass, gobs of spit, doggie leftovers, the omnipresent pierced-headed panhandlers and other wonderful things in my path, every step holds the potential for messy disaster. I keep my eyes on where I’m going. I’ve found money, drugs, [...]

10.05.2009 See the rest →

Stealing shrubs for food?

by Dieselboi

Plants stealing

Spied this last week when the sun was out and began to wonder if entrepreneurial crackheads were opting to steal newly planted shrubs to make some cash. This planter is one of the new ones on 5th and Yamhill where the awesome rock sculpture used to be. Now, 4 planters grace the [...]

03.16.2009 See the rest → 1 comment
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