The Burnside Blog
The National Past-time: Preservation
The kerfuffle around Commissioner Leonard’s “child only a mother could love,” Memorial Coliseum hits the national level.
Philistines: 1, Preservationists, 0
The Rose trumps the Law: Round One in the grudge match between architectural preservationists and design vulgarians over the former McCall’s Restaurant and Memorial Coliseum, and it would seem the sublime is losing to the ridiculous.
Bases Loaded: What's next for Memorial Coliseum?
The fate of Memorial Coliseum. What will happen between now and Wednesday’s City Council vote? Your Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance guide to citizen action.
Politics and the International Style don’t mix.
Memorial Coliseum and the Visitors Center become victims of the mid-century political values (obfuscation, greed, and power-mongering) that made them possible in the first place.
International House of Customs
The Dept. of Education gives the Customs House to International School. There may be no thing as a free lunch but thank the high heavens for the Surplus Federal Real Property Program!
Portland’s Top Model
Will Portland’s first bridge across the Willamette in over 35 years be one driven by aspiration and civic will or one created through fear, compromise and a budget-driven design process?
