Joe’s Cellar, one of the better dives/diners in the NW 21st area, will close its doors this weekend after city officials deemed the building too dangerous. According to an entry dated Thursday on the city’s Portland Maps website, “the building is leaning out and the roof joists have separated from the wall so that the […]
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Probably the Best Birthday Party Ever
Every parent on the planet probably hates Portland comics-writing couple Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick—not only are they both talented and successful and great*, but they also somehow find the time to throw amazing birthday parties for their kids. Take the one that happened this past weekend, which was all over Twitter yesterday and […]
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How’s that Skateboarding Crackdown Going?
Max Dubler City council delayed a vote last month to ban skateboarding in the West Hills, hoping that an education campaign and bad-behavior crackdown this summer can make the heavily used downhill skating route safer. Last year, the police have handed out exactly zero tickets to skateboarders on the steep Southwest hills, but the Oregonian […]
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Fabio: Now at Your Local Whole Foods
STOP EVERYTHING, Portland. Fabio of romance novel cover and I Can’t Believe it’s Not Butter fame is in town. And he’s not hiding himself very well. Fabio is promoting his new fancy whey protein powder at your neighborhood Whole Foods ALL DAY EVERY DAY until the end of the week. Here’s his schedule: June 6 […]
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Another McMenamins Hotel in NoPo?
McMenamins is on the prowl to transform another interesting old abandoned building into a boutique hotel. This time, its eyes are on the Mount Hood Masonic Lodge, located on North Commercial Ave. adjacent to McMenamins’ own Chapel Pub. Ideally, the company would connect the two buildings with a parking lot and garden space. Daily Journal […]
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MAX Adopt-a-Station: What’s Next?
Last January, Rep. Jefferson Smith proposed HB 2891, a bill that would require TriMet to sponsor “volunteer transit foot patrol” at MAX stations. Rather than moving forward with the bill, TriMet requested a community group create a pilot project for this “Adopt-a-Station” concept. Still in its preliminary planning stages, the project is slowly gaining speed […]
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Is the New Safeway Really Safe?
So it’s been almost an entire year since the Safeway on SE 28th and Hawthorne closed its doors. As promised, its shiny new replacement is open for buisness starting today. And they don’t want you to forget it—my house alone received three notices in the mail. Randy Albright But not all neighborhood patrons are as […]
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By the Numbers: Charting Change on North Williams
I’m working this week on a cover story about change on North Williams, particularly noting the recent uproar around the transportation project planned for the street. After a six-month delay to include more public process, the recommendations for how to make the street safer (wider bike lane? Remove a car travel lane? Install more cross […]
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Should All of Buckman Declare Itself Historic?
Southeast Portland’s Buckman neighborhood is facing a big decision: Should the <a href="http://www.visitahc.org/files/pdf/Buckman_Map.pdf”>entire neighborhood be declared historic? A group of neighbors are petitioning the city to become a historic district. Portland has numerous historic districts, including the eastside residential neighborhoods of Ladd’s Addition and Irvington, and the designation is a mixed bag. Basically, if a […]
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St. Johns Residents Vow to Protest New 7/11
St. Johns residents are planning to occupy some Slurpees next week, vowing to protest a new 7-Eleven that’s moving to the North Portland neighborhood. The 7-Eleven is slated to open its doors at 8157 N Lombard—currently an empty lot just on the edge of St. John’s downtown. Neighbors are mad because the market would be […]
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Survey Says: Portlanders’ Perception of Downtown Stinks, but It’s the Safest Place to Live
Every year, the city sends a survey out to 10,000 Portlanders, inquiring about their perceptions of city services and quality of life. This month, the results are in! One of the more publicized statistics from the 2011 survey is that ratings of downtown (sorry, Pioneer District) have taken a nosedive over the past few years. […]
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New Venue Alert! Foster Home Wants Your Input
Image via PdxHistory.com Interior of the Bob White Theatre Well, Foster Home is not precisely a new venue—it’s the former Bob White Theatre, at 6423 SE Foster. The theater’s been around since at least the ’20s, and the building’s been purchased by Nick Storie. Inside is a 525-seat theater, and they’re hoping to hold music, […]