The Burnside Blog

A handful of policy-players, makers, thinkers and doers answer questions related to once and future Portland. Today’s guest: Mark Edlen

Ankrom Moisan Associated Architects chosen to build Vestas HQ—but where, oh where will it go?

Jason King deserves a Prémio lawn Dardos & a peak at The Sustainable Sites Initiative

Nice Sounding LLC buys Cass Gilbert’s Oregon Bank Building

The Burnside Blog gets a Prémio Dardos Award and passes the dart onwards

Is a beloved building that is not officially marked as an historic building worth saving?

A friendly counter blog post to Who’s the real Soccer Hooligan here?

Is there a “Green Dividend” that accrues for a city like Portland willing to make certain choices about urban form and transportation?

Yes We Can vs. Because We Can

“As Henry Paulson engineers the $700 billion economic bail-out for America’s banks billed to the taxpayer, his family is leading a quieter, smaller-scale effort in Portland, Oregon to take $85 million more. . .”

Building industry, architecture firms mired by economic morass—what happened? Can 2009 repair the hole in our soul?

A trip to the beloved homelands of Minnesota has me thinking about Portland’s architectural landscape . . .

Were you not among the SRO crowd at Jimmy Mak’s last night for Bright Lights?

The first Bright Lights alon of the New Year kicks off with renowned bridge architect Miguel Rosales, who’s designing the bridge for the Portland- Milwaukie Light Rail crossing

First 100 Days of Mayor Adams’ is a microcosm and mirror of the Federal mandate: stimulus and sustainability!

A thought or two on Planning Directory Gil Kelley’s legacy and that thing called Progress

Performance Anxiety? What does the City’s anticipated High Performance Green Building Policy look like?

The Land Use Board of Appeals gives the City of Portland a Schools permission slip establishing a satellite urban renewal district

Good Morning, Mr. and Mrs. Portland, and all the ships at sea. . .Brad Cloepfil moonlights as talk radio jock on Wieden+Kennedy Radio