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Iain Mackenzie conceptualizes the brutalist pride float of your wildest dreams.
CLUB 21 The incredible moving bar. Facebook When the Mercury moved from its Northeast Portland office to downtown in 2011, the worst part was that we couldn’t bring Club 21 with us. The longstanding Portland dive bar, located next door to our old office on NE 21st Avenue just off of NE Sandy, was our […]
Housing demolitions have spurred increasing controversy in Portland over the last year or so, as the city grapples with a swelling population and a dearth of housing options. Mayor Charlie Hales tried to enact a $25,000 “demolition tax,” that failed in the face of community pressure (he settled for a “deconstruction” requirement that makes it […]
Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial Courtney Ferguson It’s almost here! Memorial Day is the one day of the year that the Wilhelm Mausoleum (6705 SE 14th) opens to the public. Monday’s open house is from 11 am-6 pm (may close earlier depending on crowds). There’s usually popcorn, and more urns, miles of memorials, and shag carpet than […]
This will travel more than 120 mph David Stauffer When it emerged earlier this month that Democratic candidate for governor Dave Stauffer had a plan for a system of waterslides that would ferry rush-hour commuters over the Columbia, Dave Stauffer has thought about water slides far more than you. we at the Mercury quietly kicked […]
Historian Reiko Hillyer talks density, affordable housing, and equal access to public space.
FEMINISM FOR ALL RE: One Day at a Time [Oct 28, in which columnist Ann Romano comments on the wage-equality issues being brought to attention in Hollywood]. DEAR MERCURY—Ann Romano has written in this week’s One Day at a Time about how Hollywood actresses are complaining about not being paid as much as their male […]
A recognizable Old Town landmark is getting reformatted into a boutique hotel soon. Later this year the Mariner’s Home on NW 3rd and Couch will become the Society Hotel, a boutique guest house that the owners describe as being similar in style to a hostel. The pink and teal building has a colorful history. In […]
Snøhetta Rendering of the James Beard Public Market When Craig Dykers of design firm Snøhetta was tapped by the James Beard Public Market (JBPM) to design a concept for a central public food market for Portland, he was surprised to hear we didn’t have one already. Today, in an appearance alongside Ron Paul, executive director […]
MB ON THE ROOF: The view from the roof of the Society Hotel, now accessible for future hotel guests via a new staircase and elevator. Vacant since the 70s, Old Town/Chinatown’s Society Hotel hasn’t been used for anything in recent memory except a large-scale art installation. Now, it’s being rebuilt, and its new co-owners have […]
You’ve probably heard of a major development for downtown’s food scene that’s aiming for a November launch: The Pine Street Market project is reviving the historic Carriage and Baggage Building at the corner of SW 2nd and Pine. Originally built in 1886 as a parking lot for horses and carriages, it soon after became storage […]
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