[urbanlife]

the only time I go past Mt Tabor is when I am on my way to Spokane...and yes I did snicker when you said how far you are willing to go away from downtown. Actually I snicker because I have had that conversation with friends before. The whole, what do you feel is still Portland? It is always nice to see what people's personal boundaries are for the city. I personally will never live outside of the inner neighborhoods of the city.

But yeah, if the city wishes to be really committed to this idea then it needs to do more than just draw a border. I saw the work that was done for the whole park space and I really liked that. It would be nice to see the city do some serious planning and computer modeling of zoning laws and really show what they want to see this area become. It is hard to have a vision for an area when it looks like nothing more than a suburb, but the moment you make drawings and models of what you have in mind, then it gives people a chance to dream and imagine....that is sort of the reason why architects and planners do the jobs they do, I say it is time to put all this amazing talent this city has to work and really design a city that we will all be proud of for generations to come.