Block 216 Tower - Ritz Hotel and Condos | 459'-11 1/2" | 35 floors | Complete

[maccoinnich]

Displaced Food Cart Pod Downtown Is Finally Opening New Location Saturday

Twenty-one of the 55 food carts that were displaced found a new home this week and will resume operations this Saturday.



A downtown food cart pod displaced two years ago by the construction of a Ritz-Carlton hotel is finally opening at a new, city-funded location this Saturday.

In December, WW examined the red tape delaying the debut of a replacement cart pod on Southwest Ankeny Street. The group that tried to relocate the pod, Friends of Green Loop, struggled to get the necessary permits from city bureaus and agencies to reestablish business.

This spring, Mayor Ted Wheeler funded the pod with $269,000 from the city budget—a line item that both Wheeler and Commissioner Mingus Mapps singled out as their favorite use of city dollars this year.

But many of the food carts from the original location were parked in storage for two years, and not all of the businesses survived the long wait.

The new pod, called simply “The Cart Blocks,” is adjacent to the North Park Blocks. Carts will line Southwest Ankeny Street and 8th (aligned sideways) and Park avenues.

...continues at Willamette Week.

[HillsboroTech]

Excited to check it out!

[pdxsg34]

[PacificNW]

Thanks for the update!

[PacificNW]

👍👍

[urbanlife]

That is really coming along, I am liking the facade.

[SRV]

Fantastic, thanks for posting!

[DMH]

Originally Posted by pdxsg34

Standing on SW 10th Avenue and looking north with the white terracotta façade of the Galleria on your right, you can see the architect's intent has been met. The vertical white cladding of the Ritz Carlton forms a really compatible façade beside the Galleria. The RItz white cladding stops at a height that plays well with the Galleria cornice.

[HillsboroTech]

Glass beginning to go up!

[PacificNW]

Originally Posted by HillsboroTech

Glass beginning to go up!

Thanks for posting!

[PacificStates]

HillsboroTech beat me to it, but here's a few more from today.

[PacificNW]

Originally Posted by PacificStates

HillsboroTech beat me to it, but here's a few more from today.

Thanks!

[subterranean]

I was coming back home from a road trip this past Friday and noticed that I could see this peaking out from the skyline when I drove toward downtown on I-84. It's going to show up just to the left of Big Pink from that perspective. I love that reveal already so this should be a nice addition.

https://goo.gl/maps/HdMdwa4D1AqkSX3L9

[maccoinnich]

Notice of a Type II Decision on changes to Block 216.

[urbanlife]

Sounds like pretty basic simple changes. Not something anyone would notice.

[nxnw]

[MarkDaMan]

Awesome shot! Thanks for posting!

[downtownpdx]

Looking south from Powell's last week

0-1 by Ryan Miller, on Flickr

0 by Ryan Miller, on Flickr

[PacificNW]

Here is a link to Instagram GBD Architects Block 216 update:


https://www.instagram.com/p/CTYO1w8v...on_share_sheet

[HillsboroTech]