All Things Portland

[THE HCP]

The wife and I hit up the new Apples store this morning. I've been to the flagship store in the NYC and the new one at Grand Central Station and this one kicks ass as well.


Sent from my baller ass iPhone 5S...... FAMS!

 

[jlprk]

Thousands of naked bike riders flood Portland

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/us-usa-oregon-nakedbikeride-idUSKBN0EJ04K20140608

 

[MickZagger]

Thousands of naked bike riders flood Portland

http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/08/us-usa-oregon-nakedbikeride-idUSKBN0EJ04K20140608

Uber like like

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Some Pearl residents have complained to the city about the pile driving on the new high-rise -- they got sympathy but that's all they received.

The 2nd tallest building since 1984 will be going up this month one block from the area they've complained about You live downtown in a growing city, what did you expect?!

 

[HailBlazers]

The 2nd tallest building since 1984 will be going up this month one block from the area they've complained about You live downtown in a growing city, what did you expect?!

Oh Damn. What's the name of the new building?

 

[Eastoff]

Some Pearl residents have complained to the city about the pile driving on the new high-rise -- they got sympathy but that's all they received.

Boohoo! The city is developing your neighborhood more! Here I have 7+ sections of unpaved roads within walking distance.

 

[barfo]

A lot like buying a house by the airport and then complaining about the noise the planes make...

barfo

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Site prep has begun for these two N. Pearl towers:

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A high-rise (block 17) is already under construction. A mini-boom in this area.

 

[Sinobas]

I like tall buildings! Better than sprawl.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The most Portland picture you'll ever witness.

 

[MarAzul]

The most Portland picture you'll ever witness.

The White Stag, for sure. The dude, not so much.

 

[barfo]

The White Stag, for sure. The dude, not so much.

In fact, the dude isn't even from Portland. He's from Bandon.

barfo

 

[The_Lillard_King]

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Three high-rises going up at once. If you can avoid driving in this area.....

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The northwest district (and North Portland) have much more freedom when it comes to design than downtown.

This infill project in the NW district is awesome:

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Many more like this are in the pipeline for both districts, especially North Portland.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Murals are popping up all over the city. Here's a tumblr that is documenting all the art:

http://ffttnw.tumblr.com

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Murals are popping up all over the city. Here's a tumblr that is documenting all the art:

http://ffttnw.tumblr.com

So did something change with the rules on murals then? I don't read local news much anymore, but I remember there being a big problem years ago with murals and billboards being considered the same thing under law or something, which made it impossible to have murals around town without having a bunch of billboards too.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Portland is starting to boom:

Downtown high-rises under construction:

Park Avenue West
Cosmopolitan (Pearl)
Overton (Pearl)
Block 17 (Pearl)
Pearl West
Sky3 (SW/Downtown)
Hassalo (Lloyd)

High-Rises on the boards:

Hilton Curio (next to the Koin -23-floors)
AC Hotel (SW 3rd and Taylor - 14-floors)
Burnside apartments (21-floors)
Burnside (very unique design - 10-floors)
Phil Knight cancer institute (SoWa)
HQ hotel (21-floors - Lloyd)

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Murals are popping up all over the city. Here's a tumblr that is documenting all the art:

http://ffttnw.tumblr.com

Fuck, downtown LA we had a few murals...err....ads....by Shepard Fucking Fairly. Glad they wiped over them. I've been seeing more artistic ones liked linked around Venice (Abbot Kinney Blvd). Alec Monopoly is doing a lot of them, but to be honest, he's totally selling out.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Murals are popping up all over the city. Here's a tumblr that is documenting all the art:

http://ffttnw.tumblr.com

No wonder outsiders think of Portland as a silly little place filled with hipster douchebags.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Right on cue!

Financing was secured today for this Burnside bridgehead project.

 

[MickZagger]

Whats this new Hassalo place all about. I wouldn't mind relocating to Lloyd District.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Whats this new Hassalo place all about. I wouldn't mind relocating to Lloyd District.

Apparently it's Phase-1 with more projects in the pipeline.

I have some urban envy: a development under construction in the Lloyd neighborhood of Portland called Hassalo on 8th (almost like you’d buy it at Ikea…) has 657 apartments, 1,200 bike parking spaces, and 328 (underground) car parking spaces on 4 city blocks with car-free streets between them. They hope to land a grocer for one of the ground floors. Special attention to parking for families (cargo bikes and trailers)

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

One of many LED color combos:

 

[THE HCP]

What a beautiful addition to our cityscape!

 

[MARIS61]

Apparently it's Phase-1 with more projects in the pipeline.

...has 657 apartments, 1,200 bike parking spaces, and 328 (underground) car parking spaces on 4 city blocks with car-free streets between them...

1 parking space per 2 apartments (families)?

Puts at least another 500-800 cars into the nearby neighborhoods while locking them out of the immediate neighborhood. Not exactly a good neighbor approach, nor is it something accomplished without bribing government officials to break the law.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The CW's The Flash has done surprisingly well.

Filmed in Vancouver, BC - based in Portland:

[video=youtube;Yj0l7iGKh8g]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0l7iGKh8g[/video]​

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The Pearl is booming.

Central Eastside is on the verge of a boom.

The Lloyd District is next to boom - phase ll of the superblocks:

LINK​

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

People are already complaining about the sunbeam this is creating on directors park.

NIMBYs :-|

This project has become very interesting! Starchitecture firm Snøhetta is designing the market and tower - height limit is also being raised by 100'

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Right on cue!

Financing was secured today for this Burnside bridgehead project.

The footprint is beginning to become clear and even though it's only 20ish floors the impact is going to be huge - location and angle is odd.