Saturday Market
Saturday Market is edging closer to crossing Naito Parkway to its new home in Waterfront Park. The council on Wednesday accepted $1 million from the Portland Development Commission to help start designs to fit the market into the city's waterfront plan. The market has been under the Burnside Bridge near Skidmore Fountain for decades, but its space has been studied for months as part of an attempt to polish Old Town around Ankeny Plaza.
The market, held most weekends on a patchwork of leased land under and around the bridge, stood in the middle of an area that city planners decided could be better used. Plans are still in the works to figure just what to do around Ankeny Plaza.
Wednesday's vote means Saturday Market could be on the riverside in February 2008. That would make way for Mercy Corps to rebuild the market's Skidmore Building for its new headquarters, a much talked about move to spruce up the neighborhood.
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