The vacant lot on the southeast corner of MLK and Ivy used to be a service station turned alchemy lab known most recently as the Grant Warehouse. The former owner had polluted the site with an unknown toxic brew which was discovered during a fire. Consequently the City tried to force Mr. Grant to clean [...]
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Grant Warehouse Becomes Ivy Street Homes
Posted in Land Use on October 14, 2010 |
The Central City Plan – And So It Begins
Posted in Land Use on October 11, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Portland has launched 2 major planning activities – the Portland Plan and the Central City Plan (CCP). Both will chart a future for Portland over the next 25 years. This will compliment Metro’s 2040 Plan. The Portland Plan has a high level look at 9 issues of importance to city residents, such as economic development [...]
Eliot’s GNA Committee for the Rose Quarter
Posted in Land Use on April 6, 2010 |
Written By Angela Kremer The Rose Quarter is a regional attraction with regional traffic, noise and trash that impacts the Eliot Neighborhood. The redevelopment of the Rose Quarter is both an opportunity and threat to the livability of Eliot. Fortunately, there is a way for Eliot neighbors to have a say in what happens in [...]
The Planners are Coming! The Planners are Coming!
Posted in Land Use on March 28, 2010 |
Portland is a City that likes to plan. And, it likes to have lots of meetings when it plans. At least 3 planning processes are getting started that will affect the future of Eliot. Each will require involvement of the Eliot Neighborhood Association as well as participation from Eliot neighbors. The three are:
The Future of Eliot
Posted in Land Use on January 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
The next couple of years will see new plans and projects proposed that will affect the future of Eliot. There are outside interests driving these that do not necessarily have Eliot’s interests at heart. It is important for us, as residents, to make our interests known. Both the Eliot Land Use Committee and the Board [...]
N/NE Development Initiative
Posted in Land Use on November 27, 2009 |
The North/Northeast Economic Development Initiative is an analysis of past and planned investments, possible boundary adjustments and priorities for new investments in the Interstate Corridor and Oregon Convention Center Urban Renewal Areas. The Portland Development Commission (PDC) is conducting the N/NE Economic Development Initiative in partnership with the community to ensure that PDC investments enhance [...]
New-Old Infill Housing
Posted in Land Use on October 1, 2009 |
By winter Eliot will have new infill housing that is as old as the neighborhood. Let me explain. The call came in mid-2007, “Want to move another house? I have a lot and we can go 50/50.” The Kinsman house was built in 1908 near NE 7th and Broadway and was recently used as an [...]
Speed me to my sprawling home in Washington
Posted in Land Use on July 21, 2009 |
Speaking of poor design, how about that 12-lane bridge to nowhere; I mean Vancouver? The lone “neighborhood” voice in City Council was frozen out when she tried to raise environmental justice issues, since the congestion that will be “relieved” will be at the Columbia moving the current congestion further into inner N/NE including Eliot. This [...]
What makes a neighborhood?
Posted in Land Use on July 21, 2009 |
What makes a neighborhood? This is a recurring theme in this column. Typically it is about “imports” of low-income and special needs populations from the parts of the city who refuse to accommodate them in their own neighborhoods. At times it is about new construction that ignores the historic character of Eliot simply to express [...]
Soccer it to me!
Posted in Land Use on July 21, 2009 |
You may have glossed over the headlines about the City Council’s infatuation with new arenas for minor sports. The deal being crafted is for public financing and subsidy to convert the current baseball stadium (PGE Park) into a soccer venue and to construct a replacement stadium in either Lents, or at the Rose Quarter.
Graham Street Commons
Posted in Land Use on February 4, 2009 |
In the Real Estate section of the Oregonian on January 18th there is an article about the urban infill housing project near the corner of Graham and Williams. Graham Street Commons is a “common green” project that has 4 buildings planned. The commons now has 3 single family homes with a duplex yet to be [...]
ABC’s of Land Use Workshop
Posted in Land Use on January 5, 2009 |
Are you interested in finding out more about the City of Portland Land Use process? If so attend the “ABC’s of Land Use Workshop” on January 24th.
City and Metro Planning Activities
Posted in Land Use on September 16, 2008 |
Writing this column about land use issues in our neighborhood tends to get my dander up because our neighborhood seems to bear the brunt of some poor land use policies and decisions. The problem with that is that I want to discuss more issues in more detail than space in this column allows. I have [...]
Building Green
Posted in Land Use on May 12, 2008 |
Around the Neighborhood… I recently found out that the Irvington newsletter has featured a column of the same title (Around the Neighborhood) for several years. Apologies to Dick Levy, but I decided to keep using this title anyway. This column is for Earth Day, April 22nd. One of my pet peeves in the land use/development [...]
Developments on Hold
Posted in Land Use on February 22, 2008 |
The real estate slump is hitting Eliot, gently so far. Two major developments have been put on hold for now including The Kaiser Group (Ben Kaiser, architect/developer) projects at Fremont and Vancouver and the planned development on the Wonder Bread site across the street.
Central City Concern’s Ramada Inn
Posted in Land Use on February 22, 2008 |
Central City Concern is moving forward with redevelopment of the old Ramada Inn at the Rose Quarter into workforce housing. At least that is what it is supposed to be. Recent news articles indicate it is being used for a shelter for homeless women and is planned to host Hopper Detox.
Street Car Routes
Posted in Land Use on February 22, 2008 |
The city has undertaken a comprehensive look at potential new streetcar routes. This process is a first step to identify possible routes potentially as a way to begin a longer term planning effort to designate preferred routes and plans to expand the system. Two routes through Eliot were identified, the Williams/Vancouver couplet and MLK.
Interstate Development Plan
Posted in Land Use on February 22, 2008 |
Development along the Interstate Max line has not met expectations thus far, so the City asked Planning staff to look at the current zoning to stimulate it. Staff held an open house in the fall to provide a first look to area residents. Gary [ENA Chair] and I both attended separately. However, we both came [...]
Emanuel Hospital Expansion
Posted in Land Use on February 22, 2008 |
Emanuel Hospital has announced plans to expand its children’s wing and add a large new parking structure. The expansion follows that of other area hospitals and will allow the hospital to eliminate shared rooms and a small increase in the number of beds. The new wing will occupy a surface parking lot.
More street car possibilities in Eliot
Posted in Land Use on November 12, 2007 |
Portland transportation officials are looking at the Williams/Vancouver corridor and MLK as possible street car routes. Officials are looking at neighborhood support and whether the street has under-developed property. Mike Warwick, Eliot resident and longtime land-use committee chairman, says MLK fits the bill perfectly. And clearly, the street car won’t be built on both streets.
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