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^How do you reserve a room? I'll take Mrs. HCP there for our anniversary!
 
The Park Avenue West on hold Niketown has found a new downtown home:

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The 1928 Kress Building.

Heili’s team also has studied the exterior carefully in an attempt to do minimal damage to the original terra cotta exterior as they go about attaching an assortment of Nike signs. And therein lies the rub, to the extent there is one. Although the first plans are more modest than the signs slathered on a NASCAR stock car or on some professional soccer jerseys, the store as presented to the Portland Historic Landmarks Commission this month is rather filled with Nike signs, swooshes and historic logos.

Among them: Two unlit NIKE signs on the so-called belly band between the first and second floors; three lighted blade signs, one on the corner and two at the other extremities; one oversized storefront window pane on the south façade widened to allow an outward-facing interior sign; a series of several “historic” Nike logos engraved in steel and stacked five tall on pilasters; and two floor-to-ceiling panels of bright orange subway tiles with black tiles spelling “Nike” on either side of the recessed entry doors.
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Fez Hammersticks said:
Hmm, how would you feel about an MLB stadium @ Omsi?

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lol - for what? If we had a team, however, why would the open side of the stadium look east? For the shot of Mt Hood? Hmm. And beyond that, OMSI is right smack dab in an industrial district. I suppose it would give the area a reason to develop. Interesting concept. Yet I can't help but wonder why this is even being discussed. An MLB team seems further from reality than ever right now.
 
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lol - for what? If we had a team, however, why would the open side of the stadium look east? For the shot of Mt Hood? Hmm. And beyond that, OMSI is right smack dab in an industrial district. I suppose it would give the area a reason to develop. Interesting concept. Yet I can't help but wonder why this is even being discussed. An MLB team seems further from reality than ever right now.
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The website seems to have it be for a minor league stadium, but able to be expanded to a MLB one if needed in the future.

And I think almost all stadiums open to the east. I could be wrong. Similar, though, to how most NFL stadiums go N-S.

One of the subparagraphs of rule 1.04 of the Official Rules of Major League Baseball says that it is "desirable that the line from home base through the pitchers plate to second base shall run East-Northeast." Note that it doesn't say that it *has to* run that way, just that it is desirable. The reason for this is obvious: to reduce the problem of the sun being in players' - particularly the batter - eyes.
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RR7 said:
The website seems to have it be for a minor league stadium, but able to be expanded to a MLB one if needed in the future.

And I think almost all stadiums open to the east. I could be wrong. Similar, though, to how most NFL stadiums go N-S.
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Interesting. I guess that makes sense re: facing east.
 
Maybe if we build it, the Kings will move HERE!
 
Love it! Perfect Location, right next to new streetcar/max/pedestrian bridge going across the river. Baseball has a tradition of coming and going in Portland, I'm sure once this economy rebounds Portland baseball will too

Fez Hammersticks said:
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More renovation - This will be the new downtown home to the Apple store:
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What year did they get color film in Portland?

(See last two posts)
 
Denny Crane said:
What year did they get color film in Portland?

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The city itself is black and white. The picture of Saks has been photoshopped to appear colorful.

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lmfao at that video. you might gangbang but your music is garbage
 
We're gettin' street cred again FAMS!
 
The final design for the Sustainability Center (across from PSU)

I must say I like this design better than the concept!


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Just a few blocks down construction is well under way for the new student housing high-rise:
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This new apartment building just doesn't look right next to the Hollywood Theater:
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More projects slated for lower Burnside:
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Fez, what got you into all this. And where do you find it all?
 
Portland is a model for urban planning. In the last ten years it's grown in a major way, in terms of development. That's what got me into keeping tabs on various projects. I get a lot of my info from Brian Libby's site, he has a blog just on Portland architecture. Oh, and the PDC.

Btw, you realize just how far ahead Portland is when it come to urban planning when you go to other cities.

For example, Phoenix, where I spent last weekend, is a few decades behind Portland. Phoenix and L.A. are similar in that they have endless sprawl.
 
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Fez Hammersticks said:
For example, Phoenix, where I spent last weekend, is a few decades behind Portland. Phoenix and L.A. are similar in that they have endless sprawl.
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To be fair - Phoenix is a few centuries ahead of Portland when it comes to rain control.

I agree however that Portland's UGB is one of the better ways to control urban sprawl.
 
Fez Hammersticks said:
Portland is a model for urban planning. In the last ten years it's grown in a major way, in terms of development. That's what got me into keeping tabs on various projects. I get a lot of my info from Brian Libby's site, he has a blog just on Portland architecture. Oh, and the PDC.

Btw, you realize just how far ahead Portland is when it come to urban planning when you go to other cities.

For example, Phoenix, where I spent last weekend, is a few decades behind Portland. Phoenix and L.A. are similar in that they have endless sprawl.
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Phoenix is kinda like stepping back in time, besides the baseball park. Just curious, because I love architecture and urban planning. My father-in-law is a principle at Ankrom Moisan, one of the most prestigious firms around. He is the #3 guy around there. A lot of the Pearl and almost all of South Waterfront are his designs. Check out some of their projects.

http://www.amaa.com/
 
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