The controversy continues over the Portland Development Commission's deal to sell the lot at Northeast Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Alberta Street to the Monrovia, Calif.-based company at a $2.4 million discount.
Just because PDC has been presented with a plausible deal doesn’t mean that this project would be the best use of the Northeast Portland site.
Pinning the North Williams Uproar over Bikes Misses the Point—and the History
Brochure from Albina Neighborhood Assoc.
<strong>Jeffrey Showell:</strong> Choosing the name "Jumptown" for the proposed entertainment district in the Rose Quarter feels like a sharp stick in the eye. The forces of progress ripped the heart out of the original Jumptown to build a bigger highway, a sports venue and a shopping palace.
Half a century ago, the city and an expansion-minded Emanuel Hospital razed nearly 300 homes and businesses in North Portland, destroying what was then the heart of the area's African American community and leaving a bitterness that still lingers. Those are good first steps, the crowd said, but what happens next? Where's the tangible reparation?
Portland is a city that some residents praise as a kind of eden: full of bike paths, independently-owned small businesses,...
This is a bit old, but thorough and readble