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Nov. 08, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

How the Flooded City of Vanport Changed mid century Portland's Attitudes to Racial Segregation

From Christina Capatides with CBS  comes the story of Vanport Oregon and Henry Kaiser. During World War Two this industrialist brought…
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Jul. 19, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

Worrying About the Eclipse and Cars!

In one of those absolutely classic motordom moments, the Oregon Department of Transportation  is already warning vehicle drivers to “be prepared to…
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May. 31, 2017 / Gordon Price

Item from Ian: Home and Homelessness in Portland

Ian: Tale of Portland … not so different than Van, it seems. In Portland, for example, journalists have been writing about…
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Mar. 20, 2017 / Gordon Price

Daily Durning: A Housing Plan in Portland

From Sightline: The Portland Plan – Down with McMansions, Up with Abundant Housing  This article combines and adapts three articles by…
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Jan. 20, 2017 / Sandy James Planner

The Ghost Train Brings Public Art and History Together

  Tim Davis of Portland Oregon alerted Price Tags to this extraordinary public art work in Shorewood Wisconsin-“The Ghost Train” designed…
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Dec. 16, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

Person Trips and Portland Development Charges

It just makes sense, and Portland Council saw it that way. Bike Portland reports that in Oregon Portland City Council will…
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Dec. 06, 2016 / Gordon Price

Rezoning Single-Family in Portland

They’re tackling the tough one: Council to consider rezoning for higher density housing  The City Council will debate how much of…
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Nov. 15, 2016 / Gordon Price

Portland: Options for Housing – and for People

From Sightline Daily – The Portland Plan: Down with McMansions, Up with Abundant Housing Options  This article combines and adapts three…
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Oct. 05, 2016 / Gordon Price

ADUs in PDX: The Small-House Movement

From the New York Times: Portland’s Small-House Movement Is Catching On A simple 800-square-foot cottage in Portland, Ore., has helped…
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Sep. 30, 2016 / Scot Bathgate

Daily Scot – PDX Art

A few photos from a trip to Portland. Bold murals set off against the all black building in front. The wall of…
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Sep. 14, 2016 / Sandy James Planner

The Bridge, the Massey Tunnel and the Huge Gap

It is in the “weird stuff  that won’t go away” file-as part of the trinity of the twentieth century approach…
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Aug. 09, 2016 / Gordon Price

PDX vs YVR: Same symptoms, different sources

From CityLab: The dream of the ’50s is alive in Portland The question now is whether the idea of Portlandia…
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Aug. 04, 2016 / Gordon Price

Crossbikes: The latest from PDX

From bikeportland.org: Say hello to “crossbikes” — Portland’s latest bikeway innovation for bikes. If you see one, don’t fret. Treat…
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Jul. 20, 2016 / Gordon Price

Bikeshare starts up in Portland – Aug 19

… with the advantage of a big corporate sponsor.  From Portland Business Journal. Portland’s bike share program, after a notable…

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