[MarkDaMan]

From the Oregonian article about the MLB potential stadium sites, there was this nugget.

Major League Baseball backers offer to buy two close-in Portland sites for stadium
Updated 6:51 PM; Posted 4:06 PM
By Gordon R. Friedman gfriedman@oregonian.com
The Oregonian/OregonLive

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And, there may be a conflicting plan for the Esco property. Backers envision it as a key piece of a separate project percolating inside City Hall to expand the Portland streetcar service in Northwest Portland.

The Transportation Bureau requested $370,000 in the upcoming budget to explore a streetcar expansion in Northwest Portland, and Portland Streetcar Inc. is working with Esco owners and other landowners on a concept to extend a streetcar line through the neighborhood.

Streetcar director Dan Bower said thus far, he's had no discussion with any of the property owners about a baseball stadium, though the sport has been "tangential" to conversations because the Esco site was once home to a baseball stadium.

Bower said the streetcar extension would be roughly 2.4 miles and current cost estimates put the project at $80 million. A proposed loop route would go up Northwest 18th and 19th Avenue then head west on Northwest York and Wilson Streets, Bower said, with the loop connecting at Montgomery Park. That plan would call for extending York Street through the Esco site.

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