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[BrandonTO416]

Here's the total list, with some more renderings below:

Proposed:
Central Eastside Development at Burnside possible Home Depot
Development of Schnitzer donated land south of Marquam Bridge
Maritime Museum in renovated Centennial Mills
Pearl Affordable Housing (btwn 11th, 12, Northrup, Overton)
New Pearl Square Park
New Pearl Athletic Field Park
Pearl Boardwalk extension from Lovejoy to Centennial Mills area (along 10th)
Eliot Tower
Meriwether (River Blocks)
OHSU bldg (River Blocks)
3 12-story RiverPlace Condo Towers
Portland Streetcar to River Blocks
OHSU Tram
NW 23rd Place Tower (Uptown Shopping Center)
Downtown Underground Parking Garage with Park above (Midtown Blocks)
Development around foot of Morrison Bridge along Naito Parkway
Old Town Public Market with conversion of old Fire Dept.
Bus Mall renovated with Light rail
Washington County Commuter Rail
I-205 Light Rail
Meier & Frank Flagship renovations and hotel
Butler Block
St. James Church Project
Pearl Safeway and Condo Project
Burnside and Couch Street Improvements (One-wayed and traffic calmed)
New I-5 Columbia River Bridge
Interstate Fred Meyer
Interstate New Seasons
more River Blocks Bldgs
The Standard
new Civic Apartments Project

Under Construction:
New Amtrak Parking Garage
Pinnacle
Lexis
Burlington Tower
Station Place
Lovejoy Station (retail only in former McClaskey Wine Distibutor Bldg.
Elizabeth
Brewery Block Apartment Bldg.
8 NW 8th
Benson Tower
Portland Streetcar to RiverPlace
Clackamas Town Center renovations
Washington Square renovations
Pioneer Courthouse renovations
The Avenue Lofts renovation
Streets of Tanasbourne
Bridgeport Village
Irvington Mixed-use Project with Zupans Market
Portland Art Museum renovation


Benson Tower:


The Pearl Block
http://www.pearlbloc...4team/team.html


100 Columbia (office building downtown)
http://www.100columbia.com/



The Edge Condos
http://www.edgelofts.com/home.cfm


Eliot Tower
http://www.eliottower.com/


Park Place 13-story main tower - 124 units - Spring 2004 - Pearl @ 922 NW 11th Ave


Bridgeport Condominiums


The Avenue Lofts
http://www.theavenuelofts.com/


The Elizabeth Lofts
The Elizabeth Lofts - Pearl - 15 flrs - 182 units


Roosevelt Towers - Downtown - 21 flrs

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[urbanguy]

^me too we need that here too! I'd love to see rail in Honolulu cause the roads are getting crazy with all the traffic  

[wolfdawg54]

Light rail definitely helps with the traffic flow!

[BrandonTO416]

Broadway Jefferson Tower that is under construction:

[BrandonTO416]

St. Stephens Mixed Use Highrise going up

[tocoto]

Nothing against Portland, but it seems like all the projects are sending the city toward a flat and stubby skyline.  Are they going to mix in some significant height or will everything be in the 200' and lower range?

[Cotuit]

tocoto, on Jun 29 2004, 08:47 AM, said:

Nothing against Portland, but it seems like all the projects are sending the city toward a flat and stubby skyline.  Are they going to mix in some significant height or will everything be in the 200' and lower range?

I hear what you're saying. Portland is a great city and all, but a lot of it's buildings are rather ho-hum. It's great to see this much development going on in the city, but it would be nice to see Portland's progressive reputation carried through to it's built environment.

[BrandonTO416]

I don't know of a super-tall skyscraper in the works, the Benson is the tallest at this point that I know of downtown.

Being someone who has seen European cities - I think Americans many times miss out on the point that super tall skyscrapers are not what make a city grand. They add significantly, yes, but aren't the holy grail of urbanism. Too often you see the opposite in American cities: a decent set of buildings downtown hovering around 500-600ft, yet such pathetic urban landscape on the ground.

For this reason, Portland stands out above the rest in its league. Obviously Vancouver kills it - but Canadian cities have different politics, social beliefs, and other factors at play.

[Cotuit]

I don't think Portland needs height, or a lack of height detracts from the city's environment (though a couple tall towers done right wouldn't hurt). I think it would be good to see Portland take on some edgier buildings, regardless of their height.

This could be said about a lot of cities (I don't know, Boston and Providence come to mind.   )

[BrandonTO416]

I love Boston dearly. Just can't imagine buying a condo/house and living there, looks too expensive for me.

That's why I need a tour and to be shown around.

[urbanaturalist]

Porland is on a roll......it makes me wonder what other seaside/riverside towns like Jacksonvile, Fl and even Port au Prince, Haiti can really become if investments were made for some form of metro rail.......of course a hell of a lot more is needed in Haiti than metro rail.....but it could be a hot lil number too if sustainable urban principles were applied there too

[Ih8thecold]

Portland has a height restriction on buildings.  I wouldn't expect to ever see them build higher than the Wells Fargo building, which is about 550 feet.  As far as edgier architecture?  That I would expect.