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Jul 31,2007
DeSoto’s the vehicle to bridge art gap
by shooter
Could the DeSoto building become a bridge between the Pearl District and Old Town/Chinatown? We have posted links to articles that discuss this. Why not find out for yourself this Thursday. This article from the Portland Tribune give you a taste of what's going on in both neighborhood's this First Thursday.
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Jul 30,2007
Pearl realtor partners with Pedicabs
by pearlgirl
Nope... not pedi-cure... pedi-CAB...
read more at BikePortland.Org
read more at BikePortland.Org
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Jul 30,2007
Calling all transportation activists!
by pearlgirl
Learn how the city that works, works! And how you can affect change in your neighborhood. Work with decision and policy-makers, planners, scholars and engineers to get your neighborhood transportation project moving. This interactive Portland State University class is open to all Portland citizens and full scholarships are available to qualified applicants.
Go to www.gettingaroundportland.org and look under the "What's New" section or contact Scott Cohen at 503-823-5345 or scott.cohen@pdxtrans.org.
The class will take place at PSU's downtown campus, Thursday evenings, 6:40 - 8:40, beginning September 27th. Led by Rick Gustafson, transportation planning consultant and former Metro executive officer.
Go to www.gettingaroundportland.org and look under the "What's New" section or contact Scott Cohen at 503-823-5345 or scott.cohen@pdxtrans.org.
The class will take place at PSU's downtown campus, Thursday evenings, 6:40 - 8:40, beginning September 27th. Led by Rick Gustafson, transportation planning consultant and former Metro executive officer.
posted at 10:35 AM
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Jul 30,2007
Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe Move to Brewery Blocks
by pearlgirl
The law firm of Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP , has leased 9,843 square feet of office space in Block 2 of the Brewery Blocks. Here's information about the firm from its website:
Orrick’s Pacific Northwest office, which opened in 1999, is home to members of the firm’s Corporate and Public Finance departments and includes lawyers in both Seattle and Portland. With 22 lawyers, our Pacific Northwest office represents emerging and established companies and the venture capital and other financial services firms that serve them. We also represent state and local governmental entities in the region and Native American tribes across the United States.
Orrick regularly serves as underwriters’ counsel and bank counsel to the nation’s leading investment banking firms and commercial banks on a wide variety of projects throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.
Across the firm, seamless client service is Orrick’s number one goal. When needed, our Pac
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Orrick’s Pacific Northwest office, which opened in 1999, is home to members of the firm’s Corporate and Public Finance departments and includes lawyers in both Seattle and Portland. With 22 lawyers, our Pacific Northwest office represents emerging and established companies and the venture capital and other financial services firms that serve them. We also represent state and local governmental entities in the region and Native American tribes across the United States.
Orrick regularly serves as underwriters’ counsel and bank counsel to the nation’s leading investment banking firms and commercial banks on a wide variety of projects throughout Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Alaska.
Across the firm, seamless client service is Orrick’s number one goal. When needed, our Pac
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Jul 30,2007
First Thursday | Heart of the Pearl
by pearlgirlFeatured Resident Artist
Clement Lee, Pinnacle resident and abstract painter.
A native of China, Clement Lee grew up in Hong Kong, where his early art experience consisted of Chinese painting, calligraphy and drawing. Now Portland-based, Lee is currently focusing on representational and abstract painting in acrylic and mixed media.
Meet Clement at our champagne reception, August 2.
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I'm always impressed by the talent(s) of my neighbors. I think it's great that Hoyt Street is recognizing a neighbor at its First Thursday celebration. Kudos!
Clement was kind enough to answer a few questions about his artwork via email and he also sent several photos of his work. I hope that many of you will attend this show and support a truly LOCAL artist.
The First Thursday invitation alludes to previous art experience in China. Can you
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Jul 30,2007
Energy developer says Willamette water could power Portland
by shooter
From the Daily Journal of Commerce
by Libby Tucker
07/30/2007
Portland startup MidTech Energy is partnering with a St. Paul, Minn.-based energy developer on a proposal to heat and cool downtown Portland using Willamette River water.
Market Street Energy Co., which developed the biomass-powered system that heats and cools 80 percent of St. Paul’s downtown buildings, has zeroed in on Portland and Honolulu for its next big renewable energy projects.
“I’ve visited in Portland, and I’m excited about the potential there,” Anders Rydaker, chief manager of Market Street Energy, said. “It’s a forward-looking city and a city that really cares about sustainability and renewable energy.”
The proposal for a district energy system, which uses heat exchanged from an underground network of water pipes to heat or cool buildings in a given neighborhood, is not new to Portland.
Downtown’s Brewery Blocks also run a similar distri
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by Libby Tucker
07/30/2007
Portland startup MidTech Energy is partnering with a St. Paul, Minn.-based energy developer on a proposal to heat and cool downtown Portland using Willamette River water.
Market Street Energy Co., which developed the biomass-powered system that heats and cools 80 percent of St. Paul’s downtown buildings, has zeroed in on Portland and Honolulu for its next big renewable energy projects.
“I’ve visited in Portland, and I’m excited about the potential there,” Anders Rydaker, chief manager of Market Street Energy, said. “It’s a forward-looking city and a city that really cares about sustainability and renewable energy.”
The proposal for a district energy system, which uses heat exchanged from an underground network of water pipes to heat or cool buildings in a given neighborhood, is not new to Portland.
Downtown’s Brewery Blocks also run a similar distri
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Jul 29,2007
High praise for Teardrop Lounge
by pearlgirl
Food Dude weighs in on the Pearl's newest cocktail lounge...
As I was doing research for this review in my father’s old bar notebook, I came across a list of ingredients labeled “always have on hand”. What especially interested me were incidentals like falernum, cassis, five types of bitters, orange flower water, Herbsaint, and tepache. They were standard ingredients back in those days, but you don’t see them much anymore. Instead we have horrible infusions like sticky sweet banana rum, blueberry vodka, Red Bull… the list goes on and on. These make flat, one dimensional concoctions, their primary purpose to make things sweet and smooth enough to be gulped down, resulting in volume drink sales, a quick high and a wider appeal.
It wasn’t always like this. I look through Dad’s handwritten notes from the 40’s. Baguio Skin, Red Rum Swizzle, Dog Hair, Jerusalem’s Between the Sheets, Death in the Gulf Stream… what happened to these drinks? I remember when ordering was
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As I was doing research for this review in my father’s old bar notebook, I came across a list of ingredients labeled “always have on hand”. What especially interested me were incidentals like falernum, cassis, five types of bitters, orange flower water, Herbsaint, and tepache. They were standard ingredients back in those days, but you don’t see them much anymore. Instead we have horrible infusions like sticky sweet banana rum, blueberry vodka, Red Bull… the list goes on and on. These make flat, one dimensional concoctions, their primary purpose to make things sweet and smooth enough to be gulped down, resulting in volume drink sales, a quick high and a wider appeal.
It wasn’t always like this. I look through Dad’s handwritten notes from the 40’s. Baguio Skin, Red Rum Swizzle, Dog Hair, Jerusalem’s Between the Sheets, Death in the Gulf Stream… what happened to these drinks? I remember when ordering was
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posted at 05:36 PM
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Jul 29,2007
Pushdot Studio Leaving the Pearl
by shooter
For those of you who don't know Pushdot , its a high-end imaging studio that also has an excellent gallery showcasing artists who work, in part or wholly, in the digital realm. Pushdot will be moving to SE Carruthers in September.
This is unfortunate loss for the Pearl as Pushdot has long supported those of us who use computers to create art. They recognized early on that the computer is just another tool to be used in the creative process. Many others in the art world believe that using a computer somehow lessens the value of the artwork.
Pushdot will reopen in October, but the gallery is not expected to reopen until early 2008.
We will miss Pushdot, but wish them well.
Read the full story in The Oregonian…
This is unfortunate loss for the Pearl as Pushdot has long supported those of us who use computers to create art. They recognized early on that the computer is just another tool to be used in the creative process. Many others in the art world believe that using a computer somehow lessens the value of the artwork.
Pushdot will reopen in October, but the gallery is not expected to reopen until early 2008.
We will miss Pushdot, but wish them well.
Read the full story in The Oregonian…
posted at 12:29 PM
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Jul 29,2007
Portland's pearl | Los Angeles Daily News
by pearlgirl
The revitalized district is home to many interesting boutiques, galleries and cafes, and the legendary Powell's City of Books.
By ERIC NOLAND
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
Upon finding your way into Portland's Pearl District, pause for a moment, close your eyes and let your imagination run free.
You can almost hear the sounds of another era. The clink of steel pails at the Holly Dairy. The chugging of a heavily laden train pulling away from the loading docks of 13th Avenue. The bustle in a warehouse where the inventory is detailed in block letters on the brick facade: "sinks, dishwashers, mixers, choppers, waffle irons, toasters, slicers."
Today, art galleries occupy the warehouses, bistro tables and planter boxes are arranged on the loading docks, a brewpub is housed in the dairy, and the train and its tracks are long gone.
The Pearl, on the northern edge of downtown Portland, is a textbook success story of how an industrial core can be transformed
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By ERIC NOLAND
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
Upon finding your way into Portland's Pearl District, pause for a moment, close your eyes and let your imagination run free.
You can almost hear the sounds of another era. The clink of steel pails at the Holly Dairy. The chugging of a heavily laden train pulling away from the loading docks of 13th Avenue. The bustle in a warehouse where the inventory is detailed in block letters on the brick facade: "sinks, dishwashers, mixers, choppers, waffle irons, toasters, slicers."
Today, art galleries occupy the warehouses, bistro tables and planter boxes are arranged on the loading docks, a brewpub is housed in the dairy, and the train and its tracks are long gone.
The Pearl, on the northern edge of downtown Portland, is a textbook success story of how an industrial core can be transformed
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Jul 27,2007
Bridge Bidding
by pearlgirl
Sam Adams wants to do WHAT with the Sauvie Island Bridge?
read more at Willamette Week
read more at Willamette Week
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