Slabtown (formerly Conway) Developments - Page 18

pdxsg34 · #**341** Posted **Nov 6, 2020, 11:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Three years since Design Review approval and five and a half years since the first DAR! This is an outlier for a number of reasons, but it's also an example of why a few months of silence on a project doesn't mean that it's dead.

Do we have an idea of the when the block to the east will be developed into a park? Perhaps that could happen after the Quimby festival street is developed?

maccoinnich · #**342** Posted **Nov 7, 2020, 12:19 AM**

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Originally Posted by pdxsg34

Do we have an idea of the when the block to the east will be developed into a park? Perhaps that could happen after the Quimby festival street is developed?

Last I heard there was some work being doing finalize the land transfer between XPO/Guardian/PP&R, but if the building is moving forward I assume the park can too. I believe there's funding allocated for it.

bvpcvm · #**343** Posted **Nov 14, 2020, 5:45 PM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Three years since Design Review approval and five and a half years since the first DAR! This is an outlier for a number of reasons, but it's also an example of why a few months of silence on a project doesn't mean that it's dead.

So to clarify, this is the one that was appealed to LUBA, right? Directly across 21st from Q21?

And then 291E was just approved too, correct? Super excited that momentum in Slabtown seems to be continuing.

maccoinnich · #**344** Posted **Dec 18, 2020, 11:37 PM**

Notice of a Pre-Application Conference for Blocks 261 and 262.

urbanlife · #**345** Posted **Dec 19, 2020, 8:09 AM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

Notice of a Pre-Application Conference for Blocks 261 and 262.

Interesting, I didn't know those two sites would be next up for development. That whole area is really filling in fast. Also, I totally forgot SERA was still around, and then I remembered it was Sierra Architecture that went under.

HillsboroTech · #**346** Posted **Dec 19, 2020, 9:10 PM**

I had no idea development would go out this far. I love slabtown already; so excited it is going to be even bigger than I thought it would be!

CorbinWarrick · #**347** Posted **Dec 20, 2020, 6:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by HillsboroTech

I had no idea development would go out this far. I love slabtown already; so excited it is going to be even bigger than I thought it would be!

Oh it’s going to stretch pretty much to the new stadium district (terminal 1)

DMH · #**348** Posted **Dec 20, 2020, 5:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

Oh it’s going to stretch pretty much to the new stadium district (terminal 1)

No. The Conway redevelopment site is confined to south of NW Thurman Street. By no means does it get close to Terminal 1.

pdxsg34 · #**349** Posted **Jan 29, 2021, 8:50 PM**

Saltwood North webcam
http://dwpwebcams.com/saltwood/

pdxsg34 · #**350** Posted **Feb 2, 2021, 6:27 PM**

Conway Blocks 261 & 262 (Slabtown Savier) Drawings

CorbinWarrick · #**351** Posted **Feb 2, 2021, 11:49 PM**

Nice but I’m wondering if the land is being utilized for its true potential. With no height restrictions in this area I’m wondering why developers don’t maximize the space and build for more density by going up?

MarkDaMan · #**352** Posted **Feb 3, 2021, 4:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

Nice but I’m wondering if the land is being utilized for its true potential. With no height restrictions in this area I’m wondering why developers don’t maximize the space and build for more density by going up?

There are height limits, up to 150 feet closest to the freeway and stepped down heading south from there. There's a neighborhood height limit map in the link pdxsg34 posted above.

urbanlife · #**353** Posted **Feb 3, 2021, 7:53 AM**

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Originally Posted by pdxsg34

Saltwood North webcam
http://dwpwebcams.com/saltwood/

It looks like the same as the other buildings going up in that development. By the time that whole area is done, it will mostly be these same height brown, tan, and grey buildings.

CorbinWarrick · #**354** Posted **Feb 3, 2021, 3:17 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbanlife

It looks like the same as the other buildings going up in that development. By the time that whole area is done, it will mostly be these same height brown, tan, and grey buildings.

That’s exactly what I’m saying. No creativity just the same bland 5+1 boring still projects. Ah well that’s Portland for you

DMH · #**355** Posted **Feb 3, 2021, 7:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

That’s exactly what I’m saying. No creativity just the same bland 5+1 boring still projects. Ah well that’s Portland for you

Naturally those of you who advocate for maximum building heights everywhere will be disappointed that the Conway master plan developed through work with the neighborhood association NWDA never intended for a cluster of towers at the north end of the 'hood. Instead, the goal was to encourage human-scaled buildings with active ground levels and a network of pedestrian ways bringing urban life back to a dead zone of vast parking lots.

CorbinWarrick · #**356** Posted **Feb 3, 2021, 9:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by DMH

Naturally those of you who advocate for maximum building heights everywhere will be disappointed that the Conway master plan developed through work with the neighborhood association NWDA never intended for a cluster of towers at the north end of the 'hood. Instead, the goal was to encourage human-scaled buildings with active ground levels and a network of pedestrian ways bringing urban life back to a dead zone of vast parking lots.

The first 5 stories could do that still. You build up after that

urbanlife · #**357** Posted **Feb 4, 2021, 5:20 AM**

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Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

That’s exactly what I’m saying. No creativity just the same bland 5+1 boring still projects. Ah well that’s Portland for you

The height of the buildings aren't the issue because that isn't a neighborhood that calls for tall towers. My issue with it is the designs and massing seems to be similar to all the other buildings that have been going up. Though it does make buildings like Q21 stand out. I am just hoping we will see some creativity with the design with some of the other blocks to develop.

AdamUrbanist · #**358** Posted **Feb 4, 2021, 5:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbanlife

The height of the buildings aren't the issue because that isn't a neighborhood that calls for tall towers. My issue with it is the designs and massing seems to be similar to all the other buildings that have been going up. Though it does make buildings like Q21 stand out. I am just hoping we will see some creativity with the design with some of the other blocks to develop.

I agree. Some of SERA's buildings are nice pieces of urban fabric, but they stick very closely to an established formula. I wish they'd mix it up a bit.

urbanlife · #**359** Posted **Feb 4, 2021, 11:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by AdamUrbanist

I agree. Some of SERA's buildings are nice pieces of urban fabric, but they stick very closely to an established formula. I wish they'd mix it up a bit.

Me too, I feel like ever since the crash in 2008 they have gone for more safe bet architecture.

downtownpdx · #**360** Posted **Feb 8, 2021, 1:25 AM**

While I love to see a tall slender tower here and there, if I had to choose a neighborhood to live in or visit... I'd go with this one over SOWA. I realize it's a huge success by reclaiming industrial land on a waterfront location with a tram, but otherwise SOWA feels dark and soulless. I suppose Slabtown benefits from being more integrated into an existing neighborhood. I just don't think I'd want to see more Vancouver style towers- on- podiums dominating here.