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Sunday, November 22
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PBOT aims to deliver modified Capitol Highway Plan in six to nine months
The Portland Bureau of Transportation’s Ross Swanson told the Multnomah Neighborhood Association in August that he hopes to deliver a modified version of the Capitol Highway Plan in six to nine months.
The project, which was first proposed in 1996 at a cost of $12 million, would add
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Bridge Pedal encourages 18,000 cyclists to hit the streets for community bike ride
Back in the ’90s, before Portland had become the cycling mecca it is today, Rick Bauman had an idea.
“I had heard about a bike ride in Montreal that drew 35,000 people,” said Bauman, the event coordinator for the Providence Bridge Pedal. At the time, New York City held the
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Public painting begins on Multnomah Arts Center�s 175-foot mural
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Head muralist Aimee Erickson doles out paint and instructions during each public painting session. (Post photo by Allison Voigts)
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The artist population in Multnomah Village just got a lot bigger. Over 250 community members, ranging from kindergarteners to stay-at-home moms to seniors, will be moonlighting this summer as painters during the construction of the Multnomah Art Center's (MAC) lobby mural.
The 175-foot creation, entitled "Arts in the Heart of the Community," uses the painting method known as Pointillism to project a cohesive image from millions of dots scattered across the canvas.
Lead muralist Aimee Erickson, along with MAC art teachers, chose this method to allow community members of all skill
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A Hillsdale neighbor, a city official, and the trail liability issue
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Larry Sloan is concerned about liability for accidents that might occur along this trail adjacent to his property. (Post photo by Lee Perlman)
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Since our last issue, The Post has found two people willing to talk to us for the record about trail liability: a trail neighbor and a City of Portland official.
Larry Sloan's house in Hillsdale sits next to a trail. It is an unusual situation in that in his case the land the trail sits on is not an "easement," part of his and his neighbor's private property through which the public has a right to travel according to conditions imposed at the time the property was subdivided. Rather, it is a right of way for the electric power and utility lines that run overhead.
Still, Sloan shares
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South Portland neighbors ponder future streetcar extension
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Willamette Shore Trolley headed toward Lake Oswego at the Riverplace terminal.
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City and regional officials are nearing a decision point on the exact route of a Portland Streetcar extension to Lake Oswego through the Macadam Corridor. Developer and condominium owner Verne Rifer is seeking to unite South Portland groups around a common position.
There are two principal routes upon which the streetcar could proceed south from its current terminus at Southwest Lowell Street: Southwest Macadam Avenue or an old railroad right of way currently used for sight-seeing by the Willamette Shore Trolley.
Transportation planners strongly favor the Willamette Shore route
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More Headlines
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Multnomah Days Festival includes parade, music, and vendors galore
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Hillsdale Terrace to apply for HOPE VI redevelopment funds
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TriMet proposed service cuts include Southwest bus routes
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Oregon’s smokefree workplace law goes into effect January 1
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Terwilliger Landslide: Community encouraged to reach out to victims
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City to spend $500,000 engineering Garden Home segment of Capitol Highway
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City applies for permit to build new fire station in West Portland Park
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Multnomah School all-class reunion brings back memories for alumni
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Portland planning commissioners receive guided tour of Southwest
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McMullen family wants to keep Crestwood estate intact
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Hillsdale, South Portland reach compromise over Naito Parkway plan
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Building Bridges: County forms technical advisory committee to study Sellwood Bridge options
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Children benefit from reading aloud to dogs at the Hillsdale Library
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South Waterfront greenway development plan short by $48 million
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Winter storm delays Sellwood Bridge replacement process
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Grauer Project provides hundreds of low-income children with school supplies
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Maplewood activists see “McMansions” replacing trees and older cottages
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