City of Portland contractors Thursday began cleaning the graffiti from the former Gordon’s Fireplace Shop building, a property now known for its heavily tatted exterior visible from Interstate 84 and surrounding environs.
Photos by @mark-w-graves.bsky.social
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New from @shanedkavanaugh.bsky.social and me:
Innovative Housing Inc., which manages more than 1,000 low-income units in the Portland area, tells city leaders it is on a collision course with financial insolvency, records show.
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nice pun
New from @oregonian.com: A quick video breakdown of my recent story that shows how nuisance complaint enforcement is slowing in Portland
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Video produced by @oregonianguy.bsky.social
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George Crandall, the architect largely responsible for Portland’s iconic Big Pink skyscraper, died Tuesday. He was 88.
h/t @brianlibby.bsky.social for the assist on Crandall's biography
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Firefighters have responded at least 3x to a vacant St. Johns home since 2017. It has 15 nuisance complaints on file back to 2000.
“At some point, someone has to be responsible,” said one neighbor. “The city has created the environment for nothing to happen.”
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when will the obf include music from the other great musical bach?
I wrote a book chapter about LIHTC and this @opb.org @tonyschick.bsky.social story well articulates the inefficiencies of the tax credit:
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A Portland housing nonprofit has spent more than $1.3 million on private security since 2023, its executive director told city leaders.
Nearly 2,000 of Portland’s subsidized units sat vacant and unused at last count. The same situation has repeated from Seattle to the San Francisco Bay Area to Denver. Economists and other academic res...
The internationally renowned Oregon Bach Festival kicks off its 56th season June 27 through July 12.
Read more in Eugene Weekly’s Summer Guide!
Councilor Candace Avalos
The internationally renowned Oregon Bach Festival kicks off its 56th season June 27 through July 12. While classic compositions remain the heartbeat of the event, the schedule heavily emphasizes…
The architect who shaped Portland's skyline and helped create walkable downtowns across Oregon spent his final years consulting on urban planning projects until his death from cancer.
