Local Bloggers on The New Year and Looking Back to 2007
December 31, 2007
Top Ten Stories of 2007 [dailywireless.org]
Here’s to 2008 [ Life and Times of Chantel]
2008: Be it Hereby Resolved [Documented Life]
Happy New Year [Bad Art I Am Compelled To Share]
12 Predictions for 2008 [Mover Mike]
(image from “Bad Art I Am Compelled To Share”)
Happy New Year’s Portland!
December 31, 2007
Wondering what’s going on tonight to bring in the new year? Check out this New Year’s Planner [city search] to see where you will be bringing in the new year.
Stumptown’s 2007 Top You Tube Videos
December 31, 2007
911 Call from Cop on Pot Brownies
It’s Time to Whale Watch
December 19, 2007
It is that time of the year when the Gray Whale migrates his way down the Pacific Coast heading for the warmer waters of Baja. You can catch a glimpse of theses massive mammals on the Oregon Coast from December 26th - January 1st. There will be look out points at the following spots:
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center – at Ilwaco, Washington
Ecola State Park - Cannon Beach
Neahkahnie Mountain, at turnout – above Manzanita
Cape Meares State Scenic Viewpoint – just west of Tillamook, north of Oceanside
Cape Lookout – at the tip of the cape (a 2.5-mile hike), between Oceanside and Pacific City
Cape Kiwanda - Pacific City
Inn at Spanish Head – Lincoln City (lobby on 10th floor)
Boiler Bay State Scenic Viewpoint – just north of Depoe Bay
Whale Watch Center and sea wall – Depoe Bay
Rocky Creek State Scenic Viewpoint – just s. of Depoe Bay
Cape Foulweather: Otter Crest State Scenic Viewpoint – just north of Newport
Devil’s Punch Bowl State Natural Area at Otter Rock – north of Newport
Yaquina Head Lighthouse and Outstanding Natural Area - Newport
Don A. Davis Memorial Park – Newport, Nye Beach: at the kiosk
Yaquina Bay State Recreation Site - Newport
Cape Perpetua Overlook – s. of Yachats
Cape Perpetua Interpretive Center – s. of Yachats
Cook’s Chasm, Cape Perpetua – s. of Yachats
Sea Lion Caves – north of Florence, at the turnout
Proposal For Development Project in The Pearl
December 19, 2007
According to the Bureau of Development a conference will be held on January 3, 2008 to discuss some big plans for historic Meier & Frank Warehouse located in the Pearl District at 1417 NW Everett St. The conference will cover the renovation of the 160,000 SF warehouse into office space, commercial/ retail space, residential penthouses, and stacked parking.
Former Warehouse Now LEED Gold Certified
December 18, 2007
Located on the central east side of Portland, is the newly renovated warehouse. Now known as RiverEast Center. The $17 million dollar project is now a commercial space for 250 creative professionals, 7 businesses, 2 non-profits, and is also providing public use of an attached boathouse. RiverEast Center was certified LEED Gold. This means the building is completely energy efficient through recycled and reclaimed products, storm water systems, natural lighting, just to name a few requirements. Because of the hard and innovative work that was put into RiverEast Center, it was named “Best Green Renovation of 2007″ by NW Construction Magazine. Once again we see an example of how Portlander’s are taking the lead in being GREEN.
Stumptown’s Home Tours of the Week
December 18, 2007
Emily and Damon Cellan, SE Portland [apartment therapy]
Sabin Green, NE Portland [apartment therapy]
Artdsgnr’s Apt, Pearl District Portland [flickr]
Portland’s Cyclist Community
December 17, 2007
Portland is developing quite a reputation for taking great lengths to “Going Green” [treehugger.com], and a big contributor to this is the cyclist community [NY Times Video]. You can’t stroll down any roads within city limits without dodging some one on a bike. Whether it be a cruiser with a straw basket, or a cyclist decked out in spandex, you can’t miss em’. The city of Portland has made big plans for the future of bikers. They will be adding more biker friendly accessibility throughout the city, and plan on spending $24 million towards these additions. So whatever your reasons are for cycling, if it’s to tone up, save the planet, or cruise in our annual “World Naked Bike Ride”, I am sure you will find your place among our cyclist community.
Real Estate Auction Brings in $65 Million
December 17, 2007
Roger Pollock, owner of Buena Vista Custom Homes, put on one of the biggest home auctions that Portland has ever seen. He came out selling 141 homes, making $65 million. This was the first time Pollock had ever put on an auction of this magnitude. By those numbers we’d have to say it was well worth it [The Oregonian].
Mile Post Five
December 14, 2007
By next fall the former nursing home on 82nd Ave, will be transformed into a working live in artist community. The transformation will house up to 300 artists, among many different types of commercial space. Many locals have come together to create and renovate what is soon to be, MILE POST FIVE [Willamette Week]
