Bike sharing, an Old Town street bash, and a police brutality payout.
Old Town
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Car-Free = Care-Free?
Out with Traffic on NW 3rd, In with Drunks!
Out with cars, in with drunken people in Old Town!
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Oasis in a Food Desert
Old Town Truck Serves Low-Income People
Mobile grocer aims to deliver Old Town residents from “fried food from the convenience stores.”
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Block Buster
The “Rich Block” Aims to Make Old Town More Like the Pearl
Will new development turn Old Town into the Pearl?
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When You Gotta Go
Portland Public Bathrooms: A Century of Holding It In
Portland has seen the rise and fall of the public restroom business over the past century—why has it taken so long for it to create a viable option?
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Hall Monitor
Old Town’s Candid Camera
Where Portland cops want to point their first Old Town surveillance camera.
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Eye in the Sky
Cops Spell out Privacy Rules for Old Town Video Cameras
The police bureau spells out privacy rules for its Old Town surveillance cameras.
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Cops Ignoring a Big Question
Portland cops keep disturbingly quiet on enforcement of drug zones.
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A Haven in Old Town
Six Months In, Bud Clark Commons Offers a Lifeline for Homeless
Six months in, Bud Clark Commons is a lifeline for homeless Portlanders.
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Hall Monitor
You’ve Heard This Before
Drug-free zones might be coming back to Portland—with some help from Mayor Sam Adams.
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Eulogy for a Burger King
Memories of a Building Portland Wants to Forget
The abandoned Burger King, a shining symbol of urban blight on the edge of the posh Pearl, is finally swept away.