Photo of the week: The new normal
Downtown Portland, enveloped in haze.
- Published in Energy and Environment
Editor's Note: 16,000 vacant apartments, redux
A short item I posted two days ago about 16 thousand vacant apartments in the Portland metro area has attracted an outsize amount of attention.
- Published in Real Estate
Portland historic preservation rules get a revamp
Preservationists, builders and city officials aim to reconcile the tension between new development and historic preservation.
- Published in Real Estate
Power Chord: Portia Sabin
The president of the record label Kill Rock Stars talks about the evolution of Portland as a music city.
- Published in Arts and Entertainment
BY THE NUMBERS: Portland’s residential housing boom
Big modern houses and accessory dwelling units are a fixture of Portland's new housing stock.
- Published in Real Estate
Smoky weather clouds downtown PDX businesses
Falling ash and poor air quality meant there were fewer people than usual on the streets of downtown Portland.
- Published in Farms and Forests
Portland Mayor makes big promises about city future
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler presented his first State of the City address Friday at a Portland City Club luncheon.
- Published in Must Reads