Downtown H&M's already finished the race (it opened its doors last week in the space once occupied by Saks Fifth Avenue), but they still have to go back and clear one final hurdle. Specifically, H&M representatives seek to remove iron work and stone cladding at the store's SW Fourth Avenue and SW Yamhill Street entrances, where they want to install sets of glass doors and two 40 square-foot more...
In spite of solutions from local transportation management associations, lack of transportation options to outlying industrial areas inhibit job seekers. more...
An unsolicited offer from CMG Holdings, Inc., to lease, manage and develop Portland International Raceway (PIR) in North Portland, was declined last week. In a letter to the City Council, Commissioner Fish said that following due diligence, which included consulting with the Parks Bureau, Office of Management and Finance, as well as the Council, he determined that PIR was better left in the hands of the public rather more...
We live in a watershed within a watershed within a watershed. The watershed is an area of land that drains to a body of water. Where's your nearest creek, stream, or river? That's your watershed. Johnson Creek, Tryon Creek, Columbia Slough, Balch Creek: all have drainage areas that encompass Portland neighborhoods and feed the Willamette. The Portland metropolitan area is in the Willamette River Basin. The more...
Northwest District, Nob Hill A pre-application conference has been scheduled to discuss the proposed construction of two mixed-use, four-story buildings at 153,000 and 108,000 square feet on the corner of Northwest Savier Street and 23rd Avenue. The proposal includes plans for 179 residential units, 130 underground parking spots and spaces for ground-floor retail shops facing NW 23rd. The conference is scheduled more...
The little girl's face wordlessly expresses sympathy. She is flanked on the the midway by her father, hands in his pockets, and the clown who, on bended knee, comforts her. The clown's hat is small, his wig, curly, his expression, beneath the greasepaint, neutral. The painted-on teardrop that drips from his eye doesn't make him a sad clown, he explains. "It means I killed a man in prison." more...
On October 19, the Portland Water Bureau’s Meter Shop at 1900 N. Interstate was recognized for achieving a LEED Gold Certification, the city’s first for a renovated building. LEED certification is an internationally recognized green building certification ranking system established by the US Green Building Council (USGBC) in Washington D.C. The Meter Shop is where the Portland Water Bureau tests, more...
With fall’s crisp weather already upon us, it’s certainly time to release those last few brave tomatoes from the vine, clip the dahlias for a snappy dinner table arrangement, and mow the lawn just one more time. It’s the season for prepping the yard and garden to handle the long, wet, winter months that are just around the corner. Yup. There’s plenty to do in the yard that will benefit the more...
Don't just trick or treat...Trick or Vote! Care to do a little more than scarf down candy this Halloween? Come scare out the vote with the nation’s largest non-partisan get-out-the-vote canvass: Trick or Vote! The best way to get people to vote is by knocking on doors, talking to folks face-to-face. What is the one day every year that people expect a door knock? Halloween. And when does Halloween more...
When it comes to the paranormal, there are three camps: the hardcore believers, the non-believers, and those that are somewhere in the middle. You either believe the squeaking floor you hear at night as you lay in bed is the ghost of the previous tenant hacked to pieces by his wife in the 1930s taking a midnight stroll in your living room; or, if you’re a non-believer, you’re thinking that you probably more...