Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland
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The cast iron now installed at Darcelle XV Plaza is there because it was saved by Jerry Bosco and Ben Milligan, a gay couple who salvaged a lot of the artifacts from historic Portland buildings being demolished.
They both died of AIDS in the late 1980s. www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/bos...
The collection of high end watch boutiques in downtown’s Pacific Building continues to grow. The standalone IWC and Omega stores are already open; the Cartier and Rolex stores inside the expanded Ben Bridge look ready to open soon.
Away Days Brewing will be doing World Cup viewing events in the historic US Bank building in downtown. I'm so glad to see one of the most beautiful spaces in Portland being used again. awaydays.ticketspice.com/summer-socce...
Hopefully this inspires someone to take it over permanently.
Away Days makes outstanding beer, the folks who power it are rad too.
Mexico 🇲🇽 2 - South Africa 🇿🇦 0
As the first race to happen with ranked choice voting, this is going to be very interesting
One of the more disappointing things I’ve seen on here is some very good journalists characterizing anyone who is in favor of reforming this law as being “pro-secrecy”
been wondering if the serial communication restriction is making council polarization worse. ie you can’t talk to your colleagues ahead of a vote so you fall back on in-group signaling as a way to make a lot of decisions www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
The 2026 FIFA World Cup is almost upon us - the first competitive matches start tomorrow, June 11. Here are some places where you can watch the matches in Portland, along with food, drink, and entertainment specials. #fifaworldcup #worldcup2026 #portland #bridgetownbites
“Our inability to know if there is broad consensus among this legislative body before we are in the middle of a public process is leading to moments of embarrassment.”
The Bosco-Milligan Foundation of Portland was founded in 1987 by Jerry Bosco and Ben Milligan to protect their collection of architectural elements and to furt…
While tickets at the live event are outrageous, you can watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer matches here in Portland, with great energy, too.
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Away Days Brewing will be doing World Cup viewing events in the historic US Bank building in downtown. I'm so glad to see one of the most beautiful spaces in Portland being used again. awaydays.ticketspice.com/summer-socce...
Hopefully this inspires someone to take it over permanently.
iain
A few highlights from today's hearing of the TSCC on Portland's budget. (All coming out of questions from Commissioner @ritamoore.bsky.social.)
In this first clip, @councilordunphy.bsky.social describes in perfect detail why state ethics rules on serial meetings are so utterly terrible. 🧵 1/
Happy Pride, Portland!
Councilor Zimmerman
Sharon Meieran, a former Multnomah County commissioner, is the third major candidate to enter the race for the county's top job. Current Commissioners Shannon Singleton and Julia Brim-Edwards are also running.
