The Burnside Blog
Another Stark Street Redevelopment?
With the success of the Ace Hotel Block plus a few new towers in the hopper, is another parcel on white hot Stark Street about to blow up?
Erik Sten on his Homeless "Taj Mahal"
The media has trashed it and the neighbors are anxious, but Sten’s so-called “Homeless Taj Mahal,” a pending full-block redevelopment of Old Town’s Block 25 into a homeless day-use access center designed by award-winning Holst architecture, is moving forward.
Cyan Is the New Green
Gerding Edlen unveils a new “workforce housing” condo store
This Week in Portland Design
It’s a big week for the Historic Landmarks Commission.
Phase One of MLK Development Signals City-Wide Trend
Could Commercial Condominiums Be the Next Silver Bullet in PDX Real Estate?
A Chat with Sam Adam's Policy Chief
Some call Sam Adams a shoe-in for mayor. If he wins, Jesse’s Beason’s name is one you’ll be hearing. Read on…
This Week in Portland Design
It’s not a busy week in the City of Portland as the city celebrates MLK’s birthday on Monday, and the Historic Landmarks Commission and Design Commission both met last week…
Recycling Ross Island
Adding nature back to Portland’s favorite gravel mine
PNCA's FIVE Idea Studio is the Beginning of Something Bigger
Jacques Rancière has been called one of the world’s leading intellectuals, he’s a professor emeritus at the University of Paris, he’s been the subject of an entire issue of the magazine Art Forum…
Urban Uprising: The Buildings
As we promised on page 28 of our spiffy new zine (You have bought one by now, haven’t you?), here are renderings of a few key projects from our Urban Uprising story. These, dear Portlander, are things to look forward to.
This Week in Portland Design
Monday January 14th
Expect the (1900 SW 4th Avenue, Room 2500-A, 1:30 pm) Historic Landmarks Commission to have kittens as the body hears plans by a Seattle-based developer to demolish …
NYC's 9th Ave. Could Save Portland Cyclists
Yes, we’ve all seen Quicksilver, and thanks to that stunning performance by Kevin Bacon, the daring NYC bicycle messenger who zooms and whooshes between moving yellow cabs and delivery trucks in heavy Mid-Town Manhattan traffic is an urban folk hero. That was 1986. If Quicksilver were made in 2008, Kevin Bacon’s character might choose to travel along New York’s new bike lanes, which outshine what we find in bike capital Portland.
Ziba Founder Waxes on Creative Portland
When the industrial and strategic design gurus at Portland’s Ziba landed in the Pearl District in 1996, they were nearly alone. “We were here when there was almost nobody, and now we’re in the center of town,” says Ziba founder Sohrab Vossoughi of his NW 11th Avenue and Everett Street office. A dozen years and numerous patents later, Ziba, now among neighbors, plots its next move.
