Neighborhoods Jul 22, 2008 at 1:09 pm

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I'm thinking of buying one, just so I can tell people my condo has a fourth bedroom in Africa.
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I hoped architects had learned their lessons about Eurotrash looking glasss and steel boxes in the early 60s (most of which have since been torn down)
But you wouldn't think so by looking at new construction in Portland.
(No offense about the euro comment matt)
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Tanzania, eh?

Wouldn't this work just as well calling it 'Tillsboro' or something and build those extra housing units around here? Tillapo?
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Quick, someone submit this to Stuff White People Like.
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Re: “Condos for Africa!”
Amy, haha! I'm sure the Black people in Tanzania will appreciate all of the money rolling in from Tanzamook.

I spent three weeks in South Africa last summer. There are better ways to invest in Africa, like Kiva and TAC, both of which I support.

Hufford, I can tell you from experience that the Rebuilding Center is not going to take most of the house currently on the property. Lead paint regulations and other environmental crackdowns won't allow a lot of what I see getting stripped off of there.

And I'd be happy to have 10 sets of new neighbors. But I want them to live in a structure that looks good and fits the 'hood.
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If I buy a condo in close-in Tanzania, will the locals head to outer Tanzania so I don't have to look at 'em?
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Actually, the neighborhood is not against development -- there are a number of period townhouses that have gone in seamlessly over the last few years without a murmur.

But this is an oversized stucco and glass box that looks like a professional building that is going in on a tree-lined street that has four of Irvington's original homes from the 1800s. It has setbacks of just 3-feet and will be at odds with virtually everything else in the area.

The operative word in the design is not "green," "innovative," or even "good" - it's cheap. Let's not kid ourselves, this isn't about helping out the Third World, it's about greed.
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A wonderful opportunity for satire and parody, wasted.

Not funny. Next!
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I strongly object to the name Tanzamook. If the name of the condo complex must be some kind of a combination of "sister city/country" names, try Tanziland or Portania, not this ridiculous combination of the country of Tanzania and Tillamook Street. Who thought that would be a good idea? Or why not just Iringa Townhomes? That has a certain ring to it that Tanzamook will just never have. Can you imagine telling people that you live at the Tanzamook?

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