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There is a block close to my house where 9 single family homes are boarded up awaiting demolition. On N. Interstate, a new condo tower is going in - albeit only a 6 story “tower.” While I’m glad to see the change, I am saddened by the loss of some [...]

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So, if you ventured downtown any time in the past 30 years, you would be familiar with the 70’s era bus shelters that dotted SW 5th and 6th avenues. That was before the most recent green line MAX construction. When they first began construction and moved the buses off to [...]

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I live a block away from a group of houses that are currently boarded up awaiting demolition up off N Interstate. Some have been empty since June. There are 9 of them along with a commercial structure. Over the summer, a couple of the houses became dumping grounds for [...]

Last night, Portland filmmaker Ivy Lin showed her documentary Pig Roast and a Tank of Fish at the Someday Lounge on NW 5th and Couch. The film looks at the rich history of Portland’s Chinatown. From rough and tumble beginnings, through an era of thriving business and a large ethnic residential district, to the [...]

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After I posted last week about the news that New Seasons would be opening a new store on the corner of N. Williams and Fremont, I got an email from an individual who is in a position to know the know. This source said that while New Seasons is a “front [...]