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May 31,2008
Portland Makes NYT List of 31 Summer Stops
by pearlgirl
The New York Times has named 31 interesting places to visit this summer. Portland made the list as a foodie haven: "As far as foodie havens go, Portland has been better known for its vegan cafes and eco-hippie cooperatives than for restaurants with gastronomic ambitions. But an emerging locavore movement has changed that. Drawn by the city’s low rents and artsy vibe, young chefs are breaking the culinary mold and tapping into the Northwestern bounty of local fisheries, small meat purveyors and artisanal farms. Sample the heat at places like Clyde Common (Southwest 10th and Stark; 503-228-3333; www.clydecommon.com ), which serves novel dishes like crispy pork belly with blood orange marmalade." How do you sell a trip to Portland to your family and friends? Read the full article
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May 29,2008
Rocky times delay pothole fixes
by pearlgirl
From the Portland Tribune... The on-again, off-again reconstruction of Northwest 23rd Avenue is on again, but not so quickly. One year not-so-quickly, to be exact. The busy shopping street has been in need of a complete makeover for years, with potholes and old trolley tracks bursting through the pavement. But many 23rd Avenue shop owners have objected to the large-scale reconstruction project, which in its original incarnation would have lasted two years. In April, city transportation engineers came up with a different approach for redoing 23rd Avenue, which they said could shut down traffic on the street for only six months. Since then, officials with the Portland Office of Transportation have been presenting the new approach to business owners and members of the neighborhood association. The neighborhood association representatives were impressed, according to association President Juliet Hyams. “It’s got to be done, and it seems like they have tried to pare it
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May 24,2008
Historic Design Review 2301 - 7 NW Kearny @ NW 23rd
by shooter
Nearside LLC is seeking a Historic Design Review for improvements to the existing building and site located in the Historic Alphabet District. Imrpovements include: - moving the corner entry to NW 23rd - extend existing roof overhang on south side and add the overhang on the NW 23rd side -relocate and recess two entries on the Kearny side and provide new wood windows and doors to match existing storefront - add new basalt stone panel tile to the building's exterior on both the Kearny and NW 23rd sides - replace 3 existing rooftop mechanical units with new units and metal louvered mechanical screen painted brown to match the wood building - addition of landscape planters along the west and south property lines and in ground planters and in ground planters north of parking spaces each planted withbamboo and ornamental grasses - add alluminum finish bollards in the southern landscape planter - add 4 non-illuminated signs consisting of brushed aluminum panels with pin mounte
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May 18,2008
Park Apartments Underway in Alphabet District
by pearlgirl
The Alphabet District will be home to a new market-rate apartment building on the east side of Couch Park. The 100 unit project is aptly named the Park Apartments. More eyes on the park will be a great asset, but the building will offer only 63 parking spaces and that means more cars on the street. The hope is that the location will attract tenants who bike or walk, rather than drive. If you build it, maybe they'll come. Right? Here's more on the Park Apartments from the Daily Journal of Commerce... Northwest Portland's Alphabet District is one of the city's most established neighborhoods, with historic townhouses and upscale apartments lining the shaded streets. The neighborhood's latest apartment building intends to maintain that feel.Opus Northwest broke ground on the Park Apartments, across from Couch Park in the historic neighborhood, last week. Six stories tall, with 100 market-rate apartments and 63 underground parking spaces, the project is viewed by Opus a
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May 18,2008
Mmmmmm... bagels
by pearlgirl
Chew on this. It won't be long and northwest residents will be treated to authentic New York style, kettle boiled bagels. That means a shiny, deep amber-colored bagel with a chewy crust and a delicious, tightly textured inner mass. In a word, YUM. Kettleman Bagels and Bakery will open at 2314 NW Lovejoy in the former home of Northwest Neighborhood Market. The Portland-based company was founded in 2006 and there is one current retail location at 2235 SE 11th (on SE 11th between Grant and Sherman). Head over and enjoy a taste of what will certainly become a popular NW destination. The menu features bagels and shmears in assorted flavors. One thing that I find particularly compelling is the Eggel Sandwich, a large AA Scrambled Egg served on your choice of fresh baked bagel. These bites of heaven are served with anything from sausage to gruyere cheese. (just drooled on my keyboard) Best of all, the prices are reasonable. You can get a bagel topped with a scrambled egg, sausage
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May 15,2008
Raffo’s ‘9 Parts’ potent, if flawed
by pearlgirl
From the Portland Tribune... For the first hour of Heather Raffo’s “9 Parts of Desire,” the Iraqi-American playwright creates the best kind of theater magic.Raffo’s play features nine very distinct characters united by two key realities: All of them are women and all have survived life in modern Iraq. In CoHo Production’s collaboration with Cygnet Productions, all nine are portrayed by Drammy-winning actress Luisa Sermol.
Credit Raffo with a journalistic tour de force. Her sharply observed characters, composites of Iraqis she met while visiting family following the first Gulf War, are rich portraits.
With these women narrating, Raffo paints a vivid picture of Iraq, a country Americans know mostly as the setting for a complex and deadly foreign policy entanglement.
The accounts are deeply affecting. A woman with standing in the Iraqi art world must nonetheless use her body to protect herself and others. A bounc
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May 12,2008
Amai Unmei will open boutique off 23rd Ave
by pearlgirl
According to Marjorie Skinner at the Portland Mercury, Amai Unmei (pronounced ah-mah’-ee oon’-may) will open a boutique at 2275 NW Johnson. If you're unfamiliar with Amai Unmei , here's a little info from Ultra PDX: amai unmei is Portland-based designer Allison Covington’s line of classic, clean-line evening dresses and coats in rich silks: chiffon, charmeuse, brocade. In launching amai unmei last year, Covington was inspired by the Japanese high art of tsutsumi, or wrapping. What results are not von Furstenberg wrap dresses, but looks that definitely reference the notion of wrapping the body as one would a gift. amai unmei is available in Portland at boutiques including Mimi & Lena (1948 NE Broadway), Artemisia (300 SW Stark), and Ella’s Boutique (2529 NE Alberta). To view the current collections, visit the Amai Unmei website.
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May 11,2008
Nau undone by its own ambitions
by pearlgirl
From the Oregonian... As Portland's sustainable community comes to grips with the end of Nau, local business leaders and investors wonder what the collapse of its most visible green business means for the entire movement.
The answer: Not much, save one big lesson.
Green venture capitalists and local retail veterans view the apparel trendsetter's failure not as an indictment of sustainable business. Rather, most believe its May 3 demise shows how a new company trying to topple too many pillars is inherently at risk of collapse when the financial sands shift. "The important story in Nau isn't that a sustainable company didn't work," said Michael Edwards, the former chief executive of Lucy Activewear Inc. who now heads the Bequia Group, a new Portland-based equity firm. "It's just really a function of the economics of the business model. The key lesson is to stay lean and mean until you get enough proven revenue."
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The answer: Not much, save one big lesson.
Green venture capitalists and local retail veterans view the apparel trendsetter's failure not as an indictment of sustainable business. Rather, most believe its May 3 demise shows how a new company trying to topple too many pillars is inherently at risk of collapse when the financial sands shift. "The important story in Nau isn't that a sustainable company didn't work," said Michael Edwards, the former chief executive of Lucy Activewear Inc. who now heads the Bequia Group, a new Portland-based equity firm. "It's just really a function of the economics of the business model. The key lesson is to stay lean and mean until you get enough proven revenue."
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May 8,2008
One actor, one stage, nine Iraqi lives
by pearlgirl
From the Portland Tribune... The pedigree of Heather Raffo’s “9 Parts of Desire” is beyond question. The one-woman play was both a critical and popular hit when it opened in New York in 2004, prompting The New Yorker magazine to call it “an example of how art can remake the world.”For Portland’s Cygnet Productions, which opens its production of the award-winning work Friday, there also was little doubt that Raffo’s role would go to veteran actress Luisa Sermol.
“I’ve always felt like she was just the right actor for this piece, because Luisa is a really hardworking artist who leaves no stone unturned,” says Cygnet founder Louanne Moldovan, who directs. “It’s a beautiful marriage of a play and a performer.” Read the full article
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May 8,2008
Today's press about killing the Sauvie Island Bridge proposal
by shooter
Here are several links to today's press about Sam Adams killing the Sauvie Island Bridge proposal. Most of it seems to suggest that it wasn't just money, mounting political pressure was another reason for killing the project. Anyone following this story knows it was a controversial proposal. However, for Sho Dozono to take credit for changing Adams' mind seems to be a stretch at best. From The Oregonian:
Sauvie Island bike bridge hits dead end
From Willamette Week:
Dozono Takes Credit for Killing Adams' Bike Bridge—And He's Probably Right
From The Mercury Blogtown (scroll down to find them):
Sho Dozono Takes Credit for the “Scrapped” Sauvie Island Bridge Project
Commission Adams: Sauvie Island Bridge Project is “Scrapped,” Transporation Budget Has a $2 Million Hole
From the Daily Journal of Commerce :
Adams announces PDOT $2.7M budget shortfall
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