Portland Development News

[CrazyAboutCities]

WOW! Beautiful! *DROOLS*

[dougall5505]

went for a quick bike ride down to sowa to get ready for the bridge pedal
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[CrazyAboutCities]

Beautiful pictures! Keep it up! Can't wait to see this neighborhood to built out!

[dougall5505]

Every year the city of Portland shuts down every bridge along the willamette river for bikers.

from the marquam bridge (I-5)


20,000 people participated
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It took at least 45 minutes to get through this traffic jam and to the top of the hill
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from the sellwood bridge
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we rode on 10 different bridges for a total of 36 miles, here are just four of those bridges
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from the fremont bridge (I-405)
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Broadway Bridge (foreground) Steele Bridge (background)
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Llyod District
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Pearl District
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Mount St. Helens
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[CrazyAboutCities]

Awesome pictures! Thanks for sharing!

[cwilson758]

Thanks for the pics!! I love Portland

[Seattlelife]

Originally Posted by CrazyAboutCities

I wonder why not Portland has its own subforum just like Seattle does? Portland has many projects going on lately. Portland is worth enough to make it to subforum. Portland is almost same level as Seattle with number of projects.

I've been wondering the same thing.

I love Portland. Approaching the city on I-5 from across the Willamette is always a sight to see. A beautiful city indeed. The downtown area is also amazingly clean and fresh.

[Seattlelife]

went for a quick bike ride down to sowa to get ready for the bridge pedal


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This project really reminds me of the huge residential complexes going up along downtown Vancouver, BC's waterfront. Looking good!

[Seattlelife]

I think, Downtown Portland don't need any higher buildings than the Wells Fargo Center(First National Bank Tower, then First Interstate Bank Tower), the streets are narrow inside downtown and tall buildings will just block some views of what Portland really is. I've been here since the late 70s and I really love the way Portland as is right now.

I agree. Portland has it just right. The thing I like about Portland is it doesn't have any really tall buildings. It just seems to work for Portland. The setting, layout and architecture looks great at its current height imho. You guys make it look good.

[PDXPaul]

Distance makes the heart grow fonder, I'm glad summer quarter is over so I get to go HOME!! PTown you rock!

[CrazyAboutCities]

Originally Posted by Seattle Husky

I've been wondering the same thing.

I love Portland. Approaching the city on I-5 from across the Willamette is always a sight to see. A beautiful city indeed. The downtown area is also amazingly clean and fresh.

I agree. I love Portland too. I hope mods will set up a new subforum for Portland so I can catch up on their projects. I visit Portland a several times a year.

[Seattlelife]

Originally Posted by PDXPaul

Distance makes the heart grow fonder, I'm glad summer quarter is over so I get to go HOME!! PTown you rock!

What class did you take? I just finished my geography of transportation class today. It was VERY interesting.

[PDXPaul]

I just went and read the description for that class you took, that sounds very cool. I had econ 301 intermed macro, engl 200 reading lit, and sisea 435 intro japan gov. I can never keep track of everyone on these boards are you an undergrad too? bgwah and northface are, and I think so is horatio, some of these people might be on SSP, I'm just trying think of who's uw undergrads on the boards.

[trujillano]

hey i visit your city in september!

[diz]

Fantastic! What'd you think?

Great pics guys! I wish I brought my bike with me that day.

[trujillano]

i don't know, i've never been in USA i hope that your city like me.

sorry for my english i don't speak it very well xD

[diz]

Sorry. I thought you said you visited. I guess I'm the one with poor english.

[Seattlelife]

Originally Posted by PDXPaul

I just went and read the description for that class you took, that sounds very cool. I had econ 301 intermed macro, engl 200 reading lit, and sisea 435 intro japan gov. I can never keep track of everyone on these boards are you an undergrad too? bgwah and northface are, and I think so is horatio, some of these people might be on SSP, I'm just trying think of who's uw undergrads on the boards.

I am undergrad, for one more quarter . I'm hoping to study Urban Planning next but I don't know where.

You probably didn't know me yet actually, I haven't been here too long and I don't believe I've even discussed school on here yet.

That's cool that there are other UW undergrads here. Do you know if any of them are geog. majors?

[CrazyAboutCities]

I used to minor in urban planning in Western Oregon University but I wasn't impressed with their department so I changed my major.

I heard Portland State University has good program for urban planning.

[raleigh-bound]

i really commend you guys for getting into this field. i myself graduated from columbia (NY) with a masters in urban design, and it was a good program. you have to do your homework and make sure it's the right program. many schools that have "urban planning" programs really just teach policy, not design within the context of urbanity. with urban renewal all the craze across the country, it's vital that the next generation get educated and get involved with shaping the future of our nation, and it's not suburban development!