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The other Jumptown
Me, right after DJC photographer Dan Carter ambushed/photographed me at the Memorial Coliseum presentations, and right before I confused one Jumptown for another. While browsing the proposals at...
View ArticleJumpTown’s not-so-green reality
I went to a breakfast meeting this morning where J.E. Issac was talking about the JumpTown proposal that would turn Memorial Coliseum and the surrounding area (including the Rose Garden, where the...
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Another stadium, another preservation effort
Courtesy of Friends of Miami Marine Stadium Around the same time architects were fighting to keep the city from razing Memorial Coliseum, another mid-century modern stadium was facing a similar fate,...
View ArticleWho wants to be a developer?
Sitting in the audience at Tuesday night’s Memorial Coliseum Stakeholder Advisory Committee meeting was rather like watching a game show: the answers were timed, the competition fierce, and the judges...
View ArticleMemorial Coliseum saga continues
How many development teams does it take to reuse Memorial Coliseum? The city is betting on three as a ‘joint’ RFP process continues into next week. Mayor Sam Adams on April 28 told the Rose Quarter...
View ArticlePortland’s Memorial Coliseum RFP on hold indefinitely
I just got off the phone with Kevin Brake, Portland Development Commission’s project manager for the Rose Quarter Development project. He says the RFP for the reuse of Memorial Coliseum is on hold...
View ArticleWhat’s next for the Rose Quarter?
Mayor Sam Adams and the development team behind the Blazer’s Jumptown proposal ascended the stage at the Gerding Theater last night, presumably, to discuss their vision for the Rose Quarter district....
View ArticlePlan for Memorial Coliseum: Take Beavers, ship ‘hawks to Lloyd Center
With the Memorial Coliseum back in the news, I’m reminded of how much I love the idea of repurposing Memorial Coliseum into a baseball park. I know, I know, this is not a new idea, but I believe it has...
View ArticleWhat about the Winterhawks?
Portland for the past week has been debating whether Memorial Coliseum’s best use would be to go away in favor of a minor league baseball stadium for the Portland Beavers. But what does the coliseum’s...
View ArticleRose Quarter properties get needed fresh start
City of Portland officials late last week announced the Portland Trail Blazers organization will let its development rights for the Rose Quarter properties in Northeast Portland expire without...
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