That vessel certainly is beautiful. And yeah, 4 ply is exactly what we made. We got time and a half for those projects because there could be nooooooooooo flaws and that took a lot of work and stoppage time on the line to orchestrate.MarAzul Layup of Port Orford Cedar, a four ply monocular hull.
I can imagine. I definitely perused through your thread dedicated to the boat, but I honestly can't fathom actually crafting that thing. Tis on a different level than what I can comprehend. Cheers!
I don't know.... If they can keep the rough aesthetic of the town and maintain the current unique landmarks, aesthetically, then fine. But how many jobs will the planned growth add to the people already here and will they maintain those firms? I remember Denver in '99 after the tech boom and the place was like a ghost town. I am more concerned about the growing homeless population in this town. I mean the lack of affordable housing is so bad that the mayor is diverting funds from other projects. I know people working in Portland living in rest stops but just happy they have jobs. They need to at least find a temporary housing solution in the Multnomah County Area."New Portland"
The city is booming and a lot don't like the change. Hipsters are crying gentrification. It's turning into Los Angeles. These are the NIMBY's that stall projects - one high-rise is currently on its way to the Supreme Court because it blocks their views from their 6-floor condo building in the Pearl. Maybe the burbs will fit them better.
With the urban growth boundary you can't build out - you have to build up.
I love it. Downtown is the next to boom. The Ankeny Blocks concept:
The Goodman's aren't messing around - projected cost: $1.5 billion.
Over $1billion is already underway for OHSU's SoWa campus.
This. Housing prices , including rentals, have sky rocketed over the past couple of years. Affordable rent is absolutely gone unless you want to live east of 82nd. It is driving a lot of good people out. It is driving a lot of interesting and artistically minded people out. That needs to change or portland will become just like any other random city in the US instead of something fun and unique.
Well then the plight of the homeless are going to become a bigger problem, esp. the well being of the severely mentally ill. Last time I checked it was more than a year to find apartments-style housing if you were under the Disabled/Section 8 type classification in the Multnomah County Area.... My guess is they will put up Dignity Village somewhere, but the NIMBY'S will be against that. They will have to address the problem or it will get worse and worse.
All of this is one of the reasons I had to get out of portland for a while. I would call my current time in Florida a sabbatical. I was living on 27th and se Belmont for the past few years and shared a two bedroom apartment for a total of 1040 a month split two ways. When I moved 3 weeks ago, they had just arbitrarily raised the rent to 1400 a month with no improvements. Completely insane.
You know what else is insane, Portland property taxes.
Well let's get them done so maybe we can finally host an NBA All Star game.......Hilton and Marriott are dominating the downtown hotel boom.
Radisson Red (next to the Ladd Tower) are joining the party:
Or we could just become the city that snubbed the allstar game
