Laurelhurst Home Tour
The Laurelhurst Neighborhood Association holds its first home tour Sunday, September 9 from 11 am to 4 pm. Six homes of varying architectural styles…
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RIP Changes Demographics
By Midge Pierce Shocked by a planning commission recommendation to add more multi-units to internal lots in the proposed Residential Infill …
Historic Designation Not Dead Yet
By Midge Pierce The Feds return of the state’s paperwork on the Eastmoreland National Historic District containing 5000 potentially unverifiable tru…
Turning Toxic Around, One Neighborhood at a Time
By Midge Pierce For several years, an undercurrent of tension has rippled through Richmond Neighborhood Association meetings as distrust, disrespect…
Pushback Over Parking Permit
By Midge Pierce Citing the potentially devastating effect on its commercial strip, the Hawthorne Boulevard Business Association unanimously voted to…
Montavilla Explores Remedies for Houselessness
By Midge Pierce With the Mayor, Police Union Chief and other Portland residents trading barbs that the city has become everything from ungovernable …
Increase in Water Bill
By Nancy Tannler At a recent Lents Neighborhood Livability Association meeting, knowledgeable officials fielded questions about why your water bill …
Proposed Permit Parking
By Nancy Tannler In August 2018, Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) will be sending mailers to residents in the Richmond and Sunnyside neighbo…
Hawthorne Vacancies – New Normal or Not
By Gabriel Frayne Jr. The bustling allure of Hawthorne Boulevard is any realtor’s dream. A local commercial realtor describes it in a brochure this …
Mainstreet Style Design is Good for City
By Midge Pierce “Density with Sensitivity” is the motto of urban planner and architectural firebrand Heather Flint Chatto, who with longtime landuse…