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  1. Fez Hammersticks

    Fez Hammersticks スーパーバッド Zero Cool

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    The 1892 Workmen Temple is about to be leveled -- apparently beyond repair.

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    My grandfather had an original print of this picture. It was friggin huge and took up the side of a large wall. Now it probably adorns the home of a family member whom I dispise and whose hand I wouldn't shake in good company.
     
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    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Hey man, all you have to do is provide their address. I'll be happy to take the print off their hands and you'll be happy to know how unhappy they will be.
     
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    Don't know it. And don't plan on finding out. It would anger me beyond reason just having to go through the regular channels to find out. But that is very truly nice of you. It would give me much satisfaction!
     
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    HailBlazers RipCity

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    Love the building, hate more luxury apartments.
     
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    blue32 Who wants a mustache ride?

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    Now if they could take those visions and create better freeways for all the extra traffic these things bring.
     
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    SlyPokerDog Woof! Staff Member Administrator

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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Wow! Man, me and my boys got VIP cards to get into the Lotus, mid 90s! We thought we were the shit!
     
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    UncleCliffy'sDaddy We're all Bozos on this bus.

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    I was in the boiler room of that place as a kid, working for my dad and helping rebuild a firebox. Another interesting place that's seen it all. Downtown just keeps losing its history....and soul.
     
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    Traffic is a problem that will get worse as a lot of high-density projects are in the pipeline for the central city.

    Remember, the blocks here are only 200x200:

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    With the real estate value skyrocketing, the city will see more PAW-like projects.

    There are 10 high-rise downtown (not including the Pearl) projects already up for review or under construction.
     
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  11. Fez Hammersticks

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    They broke ground on the $300m courthouse today:

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    blue32 Who wants a mustache ride?

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    .... and I expect 200 more speed camera's deployed around PDX to pay for this fiasco.
     
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    Okay I'll bite, why is a new courthouse a fiasco?
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Isn't there a cap on how many floors a building can have here? Not taller than WF tower and not more floors that Big Pink?
     
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    Developers can always opt for height bonuses but the cap is 460' -- it's about protecting the views of the mountains.

    There are some developers that want unlimited height for point towers though.
     
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    THE HCP NorthEastPortland'sFinest

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    Is that tall new one in the middle the one across from Director's Park? I like it.
     
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    Stevenson Old School

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    I just don't understand who has greenlit all of these highrises downtown.

    I hate to sound like a grumpy old man, but it is going to ruin our sweet city. My office is on a corner in the Pearl. Across one street, a new hotel is is replacing a fun, funky old building. Next to me another monstrosity is going up. There is no place to park now, and that is without the thousands of people who will soon be working and staying on this one corner every day.

    We are going to be Seattle jr. The city is not designed to hold so many people downtown. Sad.
     
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    The city has a plan in place for the growing population and the central city is going to get A LOT denser. The area to have a Pearl-esque boom next is the Lloyd District.

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    blue32 Who wants a mustache ride?

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    Yeah, I'll believe it when I see it. This to me resembles nothing more than bike-lanes and fucked up Tri-Met light rail bullshit. They need to make four lanes of I5 from Wilsonville to Washington for starters.
     
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