Commission Approves New Parking Rules
The Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission heard testimony last month that proposed new parking requirements for new multi-family development …
The Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission heard testimony last month that proposed new parking requirements for new multi-family development …
by Tim Hall Portland Water Bureau Making way for a better Kelly Butte landscape During first three months of the year, con…
Tower planned for Burnside Bridgehead Representatives of Key Development, and LRS and Skylab architects last month treated the Kerns Neigh…
By Don MacGillivray and Lee Perlman The one-acre private park that graced the Buckman neighborhood for 40 years is about to disappear. The St. Fr…
Historic Resources Code Improvement Project makes it easier, cheaper to make minor modifications to Portland’s histor…
By Don MacGillivray Mayor Charlie Hales campaigned on “common sense” priorities for the City of Portland. In the next three months the City will f…
By Nancy Tannler Back in 2005, Carol Levine, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker here, recognized the need to assist veterans reintegrate themse…
By Lee Perlman Green Castle to become apartments Joe Westerman waged a long legal battle to allow his parking lot on NE 20th Ave. at Everett St…
By Lee Perlman At the direction of Portland City Council, and response to outcries from many neighborhoods, the Portland Burea…
Editors note: Have you ever gone by a non-descript building and wondered “What’s going on in there”? So have we. In this new column, we will explo…
The minimum parking requirements for new multi-family buildings along high density corridors has residents living in the immediate neighborhood very co…
Sunshine Dairy seeks street vacation The Sunshine Dairy at 801 NE. 21st Ave. is seeking a pair of street vacancies to facilitate its truck…
By Don MacGillivray Today, more than 584,000 people live in Portland which is 200,000 more residents than were here in 1980. By 2035, Portland is …
By Paul Leistner, Mt. Tabor Neighborhood Association and MaryLouise Ott, South Tabor Neighborhood Association. Division St. between SE 60t…
By Don MacGillivray For 40 years, the Senior Property Tax Deferral Program (SPTD) has been successful and self-supporting, allowing low income eld…
The Parks Bureau is taking applications for plots in the new Community Garden, being prepared now at the east end of the city nursery yard in Mt. Tabor…
The redevelopment of Southeast Hawthorne Boulevard at 26th Ave. will take place – but at least one of two large and venerable buildings in its path wil…
By Lee Perlman Some say allowing large new apartments without off-street parking decreases neighborhood livability and endangers business vitality. …
Apartment tower slated for Bridgehead Portland Development Commission is in the process of selling Block 67, part of the Burnside Bridgehe…
On a cool rainy Friday last month, local business people gathered to clean up the bioswales on SE Ankeny St. They are part of the Green Street Stew…
October 27 was a big day for the Friends of Mt. Tabor Park Weed Warriors, the band of volunteers who pull invasive plants from the slopes of Mt. Ta…
Inner southeast Portland is defined by train tracks. The rails enter under the Burnside Bridge, run close to the Willamette River through the Central E…
The City of Portland’s Sustai nability at Work program provides free assistance and certification for Portland businesses looking to create a more sust…
The latest news relevant to the Mt. Tabor and Washington Park reservoirs comes from Rochester, New York where they’ve received a 10-year reprieve from …
Southeast Precinct rededicated The old Southeast Precinct was reopened and rededicated last month, this time in partnership with other pub…
Note: In Part 1 last month, neighbors of SE Portland’s railroad tracks expressed their opinions regarding the coal transport proposal. In Part 2, here,…
“The ambience of this showcase park (Mt. Tabor) would be severely compromised if the reservoirs were permanently capped. But if they must be closed, su…
DeMuro’s passing leaves void A large house on East Burnside St. was once occupied by one of Senator Wayne Morse’s strongest supporters. At every ele…
With speeches, celebrations and two days of free service, the Portland Streetcar’s east side loop opened for business last month, amid a …
Local artists open their studios for the annual Portland Open Studios tour for a variety of reasons. Some love to teach and demonstrat…