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I would love to see this kind of density around the Rose Quarter. |
We have so many major projects to get off the ground let alone something like this. Would love to see it tho
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One of my big vision ideas would be to repurpose the Coliseum as new main rail station/intermodal hub for Portland much in the vision of a European rail station. Passenger trains would no longer have to cross the Willamette River twice and the downtown rail tunnel could run directly below the station for quick and easy interchange. Part of this plan would be demolishing the Louis-Dreyfus grain silos in order to straighten out the track north of the Steel Bridge.
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Notice of a Type II Proposal for Albina One
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Notice of a Type II Decision for Albina One.
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[$] https://www.oregonlive.com/business/...ghborhood.html
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Wow that’s huge news. Phil must know he’s going to get the Blazers finally for him to have such a mutual benefit in the area
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It would be hard to overstate the significance of this. Once this $400 million is leveraged against other sources of public and private funding, that's a massive amount of investment in the neighborhood.
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The Blazers are in the beginning process of a renovation of the Moda Center that will get the Arena ready for the Women's Final Four in 2030. They did the roof last year. Will be removing & replacing all the steel seating in the lower bowl this offseason. It's a stage renovation that's similar to what happened at Madison Square Garden in New York City. So 2030 is probably the earliest Jody sells the team as part of the Paul Allen Trust. By then the team will most like be worth north of 5 Billion. These improvements to the Rose Quarter, and the Albina Vision Development bode well for the Albina area going forward.
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Building permit issued for Albina One yesterday:
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Here is what their mission statement stands for. "Albina Vision Trust (AVT) is stewarding the thoughtful reinvention of lower Albina, the cultural heart of Portland and the once-thriving center of Portland's Black community, from which thousands of residents were forcibly displaced." |
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https://www.oregonlive.com/education...-building.html
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I hope this happens; it would be a win-win for the city.
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I wonder how this will all shake out. Downtown doesn't help with all of the maintenance and kitchens facilities co-located at the current HQ. Is the cost including the relocation of those big facilities to some 3rd location? Or is that still TBD?
PPS hasn't exactly been the best steward of education dollars/decisions, so I'm curious what this will look like. https://www.oregonlive.com/education...velopment.html |
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Here's the resolution.
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Renovation to VMC submitted for Historic Resource Review (via Portland Maps.)
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"The group plans to convert the aging building into 1,000 affordable housing units, an education hub, communal green spaces and mixed-use commercial opportunities, with the goal that the Albina neighborhood would be a riverfront destination for Oregonians to live, work and play."
Just bad phrasing, right? Or is there really a plan to reuse the existing building? |
Unless there's a huge change I haven't heard about, it's a mistake in the article.
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Wow, that's a wild amount of money.
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So great to see this moving forward.
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While I think this Rose Quarter expansion is a waste of money that isn't gonna fix anything because the bottleneck will still exist, I am happy to see the Feds giving money for the buildable caps since that was always something in danger of getting cut with this project. Caps over the freeway will help fix the scar this freeway has left on this area and will help it heal and become an urban district again.
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I forget what exactly they are doing, it's been a while since I looked in detail. |
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I would rather see two billion invested into transit and expanding the MAX and building at least one tunnel through downtown (even better would be to have it tunnel under Hillsdale and Multnomah Village.) But since this Rose Quarter freeway expansion is going to happen, I am happy to see that the buildable caps will be a part of the expansion and that Albina Neighborhood will have a real shot of return as hopefully a very dense and diverse district. |
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I drive the 84 to 405 exit to the Fremont and reverese commute 2 to 4 times a week. The wild merging between 84 and 5N with the Moda/OCC exit in such a tiny amount of roadway and is incredibly dangerous. I've seen more than my share of bumpers bumping and close calls over the years. The reverse is a little easier to navigate but there is still a strangle when it drops to two lanes next to the Moda and then an exit only lane to 84 appears shortly thereafter creating another stretch of dangerous vehicle crossings in a constrained amount of space before the lanes break off to the exit. Would think smoothing this out would greatly decrease the number of accidents. |
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https://www.wweek.com/news/city/2017...ut-that-claim/ FWIW, ODOT could probably cap the freeway with the $450mil and include an auxilary lane on each side if they were willing to settle for three lanes with fairly typical shoulders. That would be about a 45'- 48' roadway width for each side, only 7' -10' wider than the current roadways. They'll get that width just by making the sloped embankments vertical, which they'll have to do anyway. Problem is ODOT really wants 55' roadways which can be restriped to four lanes in the future. That extra 10' on each side adds a lot of cost. Credit to Joe Cortright (who exaggerates a little bit, as always): https://cityobservatory.org/rq_hidin...%20feet%20wide. |
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Stupid fender benders because of poor roadway design cause increased costs to insurance providers and ultimately their policy holders, aka us. The frequent bumping instead of fatalities is due to the traffic traveling slow in a very congested area. Ultimately it still leads to a ton of delay for those traveling the freeways. More congestion, more pollution, more time sitting in cars, trucks and delayed freight instead of being productive. |
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Would also be great to see a night life area form next to the Moda Center from this development.
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I would love to see the Rose Quarter/Albina District image become reality. It would be amazing seeing a residential skyline develop in that area and have the whole area feel like an urban extension of downtown.
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