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Community Proves Wal-Mart Is Not 'Unstoppable'
Oregon county rejects Wal-Mart's expansion plans.
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Urban Industrial Use Makes A Comeback
The Central Eastside area of Portland is seeing a resurgence of updated industrial uses.
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Portland's Pearl District Continues As Success Story
Pearl District apartments fetch the Portland region's highest rents, condos are selling for more than $1 million and people just can't get enough.
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Portland Sues Over Walkway Access To Rail
Building owners block access to previously agreed upon easement.
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Portland Drives Oregon
Withouth Portland, Oregon would be a conservative, rural Western state. But now, Portland is in trouble.
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Oregon: One State, Nine Different Futures
A dramatic tranformation in Oregon is redrawing the state map into nine diverse regions with different futures.
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A Tale Of Two River Cities
St. Louis and Portland are renewing their connections with the rivers that make the cities important.
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Portland Demonstrates The Importance Of Urban Planning
Suburbia, envisioned as a cure for the "ulcers" of cities, is now seen as an evil.
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Portland's South Waterfront District Gamble
A $1.9 billion South Waterfront District plan is the riskiest that Portland has ever undertaken.
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Portland Light Rail Works Just Fine, Thank You
A transportation planner pokes fun at Cascade Policy Institute's charges of how light rail doesn't work in Portalnd.
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Growth Fears In Redmond
The fastest growing city in Oregon tries to avoid looking like its boomtown neighbor to the south.
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Some Portland Residents Aren't Happy With Smart Growth
Opponents to the region's planning policies say they feel powerless to stop the wave of high density development encroaching on their neighborhoods.
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What Would Jesus Drive? He'd Ride The Bus
In response to a letter suggesting white-collar crooks be forced to live in public housing and ride public transit, the author says riding the bus is a privilege, not a punishment.
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When Historic Tax Incentives Are Misused
Columnist Steve Duin of The Oregonian follows the case of seemingly misused historic tax breaks in Portland.
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New Thinking About School Design
From Los Angeles To Portland to New York, major cities are rethinking the way schools are designed. This article profiles the Portland architecture firm of Dull Olson Weekes.
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A True Believer Discusses Urban Growth Boundaries
Urban boundaries are like religion -- if you are a true believer, you don't question.
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Oregon Dams Give Way To Conservation
Oregon has agreed to remove two dams in the Sandy River Basin and liberate 21 miles of river for future runs of wild steelhead and salmon.
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Century-Old Building Embroils Convention Center Development
The Webber Building, built in 1905, complicates the Port of Vancouver's revitalization efforts.
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Lack Of Federal Money Stalls Environmental Cleanup
A newly completed $8.4 million cleanup plant in Ridgefield, Oregon stands idle due to a lack of operational funds.
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