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May. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Independent Retail and the Death of the Mall

From the Portland Mercury: Scotto di Carlo and her husband Michael are local economy experts and the founders of Supportland—a…

May. 27, 2016 / Gordon Price

Has Portland Lost Its Way?

From Planetizen: A few weeks ago, Portland residents got some unsurprising news: the city’s housing prices are officially rising faster…

May. 18, 2016 / Gordon Price

Housing Crisis in Portlandia

. Portland was so affordable, as the slogan went, that young people went there to retire. Then the city got…

May. 10, 2016 / Gordon Price

Biking in Vancouver: Praise from Portland

The best coverage so far on the City of Vancouver’s update on active transportation actually comes from Portland – through…

Apr. 29, 2016 / Gordon Price

PDX: Six Neat Charts

Michael Anderson of BikePortland picked up on this: Six neat charts from Metro’s new report about Portland-area transportation . Metro…

Mar. 24, 2016 / tanyapazzy

Traffic Cones. Orange is the New Urban: Mockery, Fashion, and Rogue Transformer @AwarenessCone #Philly @PBOTrans #PDX @Moschino

OMG traffic cones are all the rage. The revolution has begun and it has bounced off Twitter onto our streets.…

Sep. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Doing the laundry in PDX

Scot discovers how hipsters keep their whites so sparkling in Portland: . Leave it to Portland to figure out how…

Sep. 23, 2015 / Gordon Price

All Too Familiar: Affordability and Rental Crisis in Portland

From oregonlive: . Working class priced out, kicked out in new Portland housing boom . Despite 22,000 new apartments coming…

Sep. 08, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Car+Bike-to-Go in PDX

Scot is jealous: . I’m jealous, Car-2-Go in Portland is equipped with a bike rack for 2 helping boost your…

Sep. 04, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Dining in PDX

Scot dines out in PDX: . Some great alfresco dining and drinking spots on a range of street types in…

Aug. 31, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Portlandifornication

Scot saw this in PDX: . After speaking with people at various Portland drinking establishments it appears their version of…

Aug. 26, 2015 / Gordon Price

For Discussion: Building Freeways for a Better Vancouver

Here’s something to keep you commenting while I’m away, based on a response that Guest, PT’s best balloon-pricker, placed on this…

Aug. 25, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot: Gentle Density in Portland

Another missive from Scot’s trip to Portland: . Colourful and well-scaled residential infill along Division Street in Portland: . It’s…

Aug. 06, 2015 / Gordon Price

The Daily Scot in the Pearl

Scot is in Portland, and of course checking out the district known as The Pearl. . Old warehouses converted into…

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