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Originally Posted by downtownpdx
Exactly, for this to be successful it oughta be located right downtown. The bus station and south waterfront just aren’t convenient for DT workers, hotel guests, people going to shows, restaurants etc. This project would give people outside the city a reason to visit, and it would create the foot traffic DT desperately needs. The other locations, while nice in their own ways, don’t really need this catalyst, especially south waterfront.
If DT was thriving on its own at the moment, then we’d have the luxury of looking at other locations, but in the remote work era we have to grab onto opportunities like this to increase foot traffic and revive the city.
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How about the City-owned 3rd & Alder parking garage? It is closed now. I have walked around in it, and could even imagine it as housing, because the floors have a gentle slope, with spiraling ramps in the middle.
Or how about this? Public market stalls on the ground/lower floors and housing on upper floors? Remove the central spiraling ramps to bring light and air to the middle as well as exterior exposure for operable windows of apartments facing the middle? Exiting seems good with stair and elevator towers at all four corners.
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