Pearl District News - Page 67

eeldip · #**1321** Posted **Dec 13, 2010, 10:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by urbanlife

You can replace any city with that statement and it is going to be the same, any city that has a collection of office towers downtown is going to be dead during non business hours, the key is intergrating activities that keep it active, when you look at downtown Portland as a whole is clearly does that...is it active in all of downtown, no, but it is active in enough of downtown. .

absolutely.

relatively speaking portland's downtown is very active. you are always within a block or two of some open business or residential building. not true in new york, chicago, SF, etc.

those cities have multi-block areas that are literally GHOST TOWNS on evenings and weekends.

eric cantona · #**1322** Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 4:58 PM**

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Originally Posted by eeldip

absolutely.

relatively speaking portland's downtown is very active. you are always within a block or two of some open business or residential building. not true in new york, chicago, SF, etc.

those cities have multi-block areas that are literally GHOST TOWNS on evenings and weekends.

agreed - anyone who lived here in the 70's and 80's would find the assumption that Portland's downtown is not currently a vibrant and active place in the evenings and weekends patently absurd.

smendesPDX · #**1323** Posted **Dec 14, 2010, 5:36 PM**

Just look at the mess of the South Waterfront district. Height has nothing to do with good urban planning. It is all about the movement of people and retail/restaurants/stores that are on the ground floor.

rsbear · #**1324** Posted **Dec 15, 2010, 12:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by eric cantona

agreed - anyone who lived here in the 70's and 80's would find the assumption that Portland's downtown is not currently a vibrant and active place in the evenings and weekends patently absurd.

I did, and I do!

maccoinnich · #**1325** Posted **Dec 15, 2010, 6:20 AM**

While I can't bring myself to praise this building, I don't think it's by any means the worst building in the Pearl. The Asa or the Lovejoy, anyone?

philopdx · #**1326** Posted **Dec 16, 2010, 8:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by maccoinnich

While I can't bring myself to praise this building, I don't think it's by any means the worst building in the Pearl. The Asa or the Lovejoy, anyone?

It's better than a parking lot, at least. That corner of the Pearl is actually starting to feel like part of a city. I think the foot traffic from both that building and the family housing building will be worth it in the end.

It won't be much longer until the northern reaches of the pearl and NW Portland with be a contiguous stretch of activity, an idea that was inconceivable just 15 years ago.

Lefty · #**1327** Posted **Jan 21, 2011, 11:05 PM**

http://www.theramona.com/

Must be getting close...

smendesPDX · #**1328** Posted **Jan 24, 2011, 5:11 PM**

Also in the Pearl, it appears there is a new coffee shop going in the Wyatt building on the corner of 13th and Marshall. No signs yet saying which company, but there is construction going on inside, and I could see the blueprints inside, which all said "coffee shop."

pdxtraveler · #**1329** Posted **Jan 24, 2011, 6:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by smendesPDX

Also in the Pearl, it appears there is a new coffee shop going in the Wyatt building on the corner of 13th and Marshall. No signs yet saying which company, but there is construction going on inside, and I could see the blueprints inside, which all said "coffee shop."

About time! I met Bob Ball one night and mentioned I thought it was sad that retail just hadn't filled in yet. He said he had at least one place lined up but when he sold the building the new owner thought it wasn't an 'upscale' enough restaurant.

bvpcvm · #**1330** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 2:59 AM**

why is this going to take a year to build??

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1331** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 11:49 PM**

By shilorune96 at 2011-01-28

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1332** Posted **Jan 28, 2011, 11:55 PM**

Unfortunately I have an old iPhone so my pictures kinda suck, but if look closely on the right side you might be able to see the solar panels.

eric cantona · #**1333** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 1:55 AM**

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Originally Posted by Shilo Rune 96

Unfortunately I have an old iPhone so my pictures kinda suck, but if look closely on the right side you might be able to see the solar panels.

on an eco-roof no less. it will be, i think, the largest one in the state and will be visible from the fremont bridge approach.

philopdx · #**1334** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 8:34 PM**

Update from 1-21-2011:

philopdx · #**1335** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 8:38 PM**

Overton Office Jan 21-2011:

2oh1 · #**1336** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 9:00 PM**

It's not bad. I just wish it had more balconies. I think they really add a human element. They greatly improve the parts of this building that have them.

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1337** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 11:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by smendesPDX

Also in the Pearl, it appears there is a new coffee shop going in the Wyatt building on the corner of 13th and Marshall. No signs yet saying which company, but there is construction going on inside, and I could see the blueprints inside, which all said "coffee shop."

Re: Possibly coffee shop:

By shilorune96 at 2011-01-30

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1338** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 11:07 PM**

By shilorune96 at 2011-01-30

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1339** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 11:10 PM**

I really like all the wood accents underneath. However it would have been neat to feel the decking with your feet, as the balconies are not wood on the top surface.

Shilo Rune 96 · #**1340** Posted **Jan 30, 2011, 11:14 PM**

Incase you haven't seen, Chase has landed the former Eddie Bauer spot in the Pearl:

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