“We Actually Don’t Have a Restroom”
That word "actually" is always interesting, and it came from a Starbucks barista in the center plaza of Portland State University, a transit-oriented place that ...
Whoever Thought it Would Come To This?
The buck stops with the City of Portland. It's the government agency charged with making the place livable. If there's a problem- be that homelessness, ...
Cities Like Portland Have Lost Their Leadership. To Rebuild, We Need More Citizens to Create Places Like This At the Local Level.
Earlier this week, Nicole Gallines of the Manhattan Institute wrote a NYT op-ed piece titled "The Life and Death of American Cities" about the change ...
What’s Not Being Measured in the Pedestrian Statistics for Downtown Portland
Maybe it's all in a name, but the statistics only show counts for the area south of Burnside, and, interestingly enough, two of the three ...
Oregon Governor Stepping Over Portland Mayor To Fix Downtown
She will co-lead a task force with the CEO of The Standard, a well-run company that has long been a good corporate citizen. Who called ...
Downtown Portland’s Recovery Is Now Up To Its Citizens
Last week my post about the need for leadership in bringing back downtown went viral, prompting the head of the City's economic development authority, Prosper ...
The Biggest Problem In Downtown Portland Isn’t Homelessness or Drugs, But Leadership
As a fourth-generation Oregonian, I love downtown Portland, and when I was in town yesterday I spent three hours walking from the Civic Auditorium on ...
Central Portland’s Retail Scene Continues to Crumble
This store is in the Pearl District, one of the country's leading centers of urban revitalization. The neighborhood has thousands of lofts and condos built ...
Redevelopment of This One Inner City Portland Mall Could Result in 5000 Housing Units
The Lloyd Center mall has been dying for years and now, with Macy's closure (following Nordstrom's in 2015), its ripe for redevelopment. This is one ...