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Eastside/Westside Portland…since 1890!
Portland has been trying to tie itself together across the Willamette River for a long time. East Portland, Albina, Sellwood and St Johns were separate cities until voters approved mergers in the years between 1890 and 1915. Geography drives this…its tough to expand to the west over mountain range with heights over 1,000 feet and…
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Internet Strengthens Cities?
An article from Wired Magazine suggests that the Internet is a sort of social super-glue, facilitating connections between people. As a result, they want more face-to-face contact and find it in cities. In big cities, our communication tools are especially helpful because they keep us from getting lost in the crowd (which is not something…
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Introduction and Debunking Some Pearl Myths
We welcome Mike Feldman as a new contributor! – Chris Hi all, Since Chris was kind enough to make me a contributor, I figure it’s time to introduce myself and contribute. My wife and I moved to Portland about 18 months ago. I’m a just-retired Computer Science professor; my wife is a writer. I like…
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Who Says MAX Doesn’t Drive Development
From the Portland Business Journal: “Good news for MAX for a change“.
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Gordon Price on Integrating Transportation and Land Use
On Thursday November 29th, 2007 Gordon Price will give a free presentation on the effective integration of transportation in high-density environments, with an emphasis on land use. Price is a former City of Vancouver, B.C. Councilor and current Simon Fraser University and University of British Columbia Professor who teaches, researches, and writes extensively on urban…