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Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Build Out Become a Rose Quarter "Stakeholder"

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 11:25 AM

Want to keep this:
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Cordish development collage from Portland Spaces

From happening to this?
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The city is now taking applications for a new Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee, a 20-person group chaired by Mayor Adams that will "develop criteria for evaluating ideas and proposals for the renovation or adaptive reuse of the Coliseum."

If you want to spend this fall arguing in long meetings about planning and sustainability, apply here!

 

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The irony of course being that the Mercury led by Sarah and Matt championing the 12 angry architects led by Brian Libby did the Blazers bidding by "saving" the memorial coliseum.

Now you are trying to put the toothpaste back in the tube after the fact.

Great work guys. Way to think through the consequences of your actions.
Posted by Finnegan on July 22, 2009 at 11:34 AM · Report
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The irony of course being that the Mercury's championing of the 12 angry architects led by Sarah and Matt actually paved the way for Cordish or whatever the Blazers are thinking about doing.

Way to go guys in "saving" the Memorial Colesium. Great job.
Posted by Finnegan on July 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM · Report
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Sorry for the double post folks. :( Computer glich.
Posted by Finnegan on July 22, 2009 at 11:37 AM · Report
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Am I the only one who think the first picture looks a lot more fun than the second one?

Oh, I'm sorry, this is Portland. Save our drab grey box! Save our drab grey town!
Posted by dmitrir on July 22, 2009 at 12:00 PM · Report
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@Finnegan: No need to apologize, it made more sense the second time.

"Twice-monthly two-hour meetings"-- are these in the middle of the day or in the evenings?
Posted by tk. on July 22, 2009 at 12:07 PM · Report
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Ask Kansas City how well it is working for them.
Posted by ujfoyt on July 22, 2009 at 12:32 PM · Report
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As a resident of lloyd, it would be nice to have SOMETHING down there. Not KC LIVE!!!! but something.
Posted by Mizzzzzzz on July 22, 2009 at 12:36 PM · Report
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@dmitrir Nope, I think the first one looks more fun too. Full neon ahead!
Posted by PDXwahine on July 22, 2009 at 12:57 PM · Report
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bike track
Posted by miguelaron on July 22, 2009 at 1:00 PM · Report
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I don't care what goes there as long as it isn't the Memorial Coliseum. It's a giant money sucking waste of space on a very valuable parcel of land in a city lacking in buildable space. Somehow I doubt Allen's Vulcans will succeed in getting their Live! district built in the end but "saving" the Memorial Coliseum from becoming a baseball field was the first step in that direction.
Posted by BlackedOut on July 22, 2009 at 2:46 PM · Report
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Both visions kind of blow.

Can we ever have a happy medium or must this too fall on the sides of the wings?
Posted by spartacus on July 22, 2009 at 3:21 PM · Report
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