Slog - Comments on Far From Now http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now Yes, Portland is feeling it... ...But it's still a very long way from the day it can play with us (Seattle and Vancouver) the skyline game.... Copyright 2008 Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:20:49 -0800 Fri, 07 Sep 2007 17:20:37 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by chris Haha ... Portland always reminds me of one of those annoying younger siblings. Always shouting "Mommy, look what I can do, Mommy, Mommy, look what I can do..." over and over again.

]]> chris http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790519 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790519 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:00:53 -0800 Comment by Port-Lame Portland is always ten years behind Seattle. I moved to Seattle from Boston to work as a software project manager and I loved the condo selection in Seattle. Portland has a bunch of moldy seventy year old houses. Yuck!


It'll be a century before Portland is as good as Seattle.

]]> Port-Lame http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790536 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790536 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:15:40 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave every city needs to pick on a smaller city to hide the flaws within itsef.

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790564 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790564 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:42:47 -0800 Comment by MHD @2

Except for light rail.

]]> MHD http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790565 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790565 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:44:16 -0800 Comment by cul de sac Also except for land use regulations.

]]> cul de sac http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790583 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790583 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:04:48 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale Heh, Bellevue. I think New Yorkers would argue that your logic is provincial.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790588 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:07:52 -0800 Comment by Grant Cogswell If tall buildings were a hallmark of livability, Portland would be the lesser of the three cities. But it ain't.

]]> Grant Cogswell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790589 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790589 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:08:48 -0800 Comment by PDX Native Charles, your logical fallacy is assuming that PDX has any desire whatsoever to compete against SEA & VAN.

PDX knows better. PDX has no desire to compete. That's why PDX will always kick ass.

]]> PDX Native http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790596 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790596 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:15:39 -0800 Comment by mr. ryan @8

Saying "PDX" a lot does NOT make you, or your city, cool.

]]> mr. ryan http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790597 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790597 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:17:18 -0800 Comment by matthew fisher wilder "PDX" was almost called "Boston". The coin just flipped the wrong way.

(If the myth is true.)

]]> matthew fisher wilder http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790604 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790604 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:34:54 -0800 Comment by Bellevue Ave I aspire to be a new yorker one day!

]]> Bellevue Ave http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790606 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790606 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:35:31 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Portland is great! A city with intelligent city planners and a government not in thrall of the fucking developers...

and nude strippers!!

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790608 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790608 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:39:22 -0800 Comment by bradlesb Uh, @2 have you been to Portland lately? They are putting Seattle to shame when it comes to condos. Seattle is building some really, really unattractive structures and Portland is pumping out some totally beautiful buildings. The Pearl District is one of the most amazing neighborhoods I have ever seen. I can't wait to see what Portland looks like in 10 years. If Seattle keeps this shit up I'll be down there!

]]> bradlesb http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790613 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:48:58 -0800 Comment by NW I used to rag on Portland a lot... but after just two weekends there with my Portland-area-native girlfriend I have to say it seems like an awesome place.

This may sound dorky/scarily-adultish, but it also seems like a nice place to raise a family.

]]> NW http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790619 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790619 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:55:39 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle @13 - you need to stop hanging out on Capitol Hill and get to the other neighborhoods where we have more interesting condos.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790620 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790620 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:56:09 -0800 Comment by Tiffany It's jut like a Seattle without Microsoft, Boeing, and UW. Just like Seattle is a smaller SF without Silicon Valley and a rapid transit system and a decent nightlife.

]]> Tiffany http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790652 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790652 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:39:13 -0800 Comment by COMTE @ 12:

You forgot to mention the booze!

Nude strippers AND booze!

]]> COMTE http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790685 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790685 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:49:35 -0800 Comment by Mr. X @ 12 and 17

...and cheap steak dinners to go along with the strippers and booze!

]]> Mr. X http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790686 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790686 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 18:59:32 -0800 Comment by -B- I love PDX

]]> -B- http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790703 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 19:58:51 -0800 Comment by Deacon Seattle I love Seattle and Portland.

]]> Deacon Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790724 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790724 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 21:47:52 -0800 Comment by Lloyd Clydesdale If Portland had a drink spilled on it by some just-don't-care dickthwap, I would not care for that. Not one bit.

]]> Lloyd Clydesdale http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790730 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790730 Architecture Fri, 24 Aug 2007 22:51:13 -0800 Comment by Kristin Bell I love both Seattle and Portland and it is true that some insane out-of-towners are paying megabucks for the new condos in the Pearl district in Portland. Well, I am just guessing it is out-of-towners. Who else would buy a studio condo for over $200,000 in Portland with no parking!?! I mean, maybe that would be a steal in NYC, but it is just dumb here. I guess I'm just a country bumpkin though. What do I know?

]]> Kristin Bell http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790745 Architecture Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:45:37 -0800 Comment by boomer in NYC Admittedly, Portland lacks that self-loathing, defensive, whiny, can't-do attitude that is the only point of civic "pride" in Seattle.

Of course, Portland is just Portland. It's not a city that thinks it compares to New York or San Francisco, when it's really just a depressed Minneapolis, or Des Moines having a nicotine fit.

]]> boomer in NYC http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790764 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790764 Architecture Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:26:04 -0800 Comment by Seattle Pride When I moved here from Baltimore for my job as a software project manager I couldn't believe Seattle's cheap condos in great locations.


I'm sure real estate in Seattle will keep going up like it always has. We have great restaurants, more density every day and a great Jewish community. Seattle rocks.

]]> Seattle Pride http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790787 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790787 Architecture Sat, 25 Aug 2007 10:49:40 -0800 Comment by tiptoe tommy Portland's ability to build super tall massive monuments to developer ego is limited by the layout of the downtown street grid. The founders laid out blocks that are half the size of Seattle's super blocks. This means more retail on the ground level and perhaps a more humanistic scale.

]]> tiptoe tommy http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790872 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790872 Architecture Sat, 25 Aug 2007 21:32:56 -0800 Comment by expdxer Portland will never have a beautiful skyline full of tall and impressive buildings because all the rich who live in the west hills will fight to keep their view of Mt Hood. I once lived in a neighborhood where our neighbors poisoned our tree to get a better view of the narrows bridge. Can you poison a building?

]]> expdxer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790892 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790892 Architecture Sun, 26 Aug 2007 09:57:27 -0800 Comment by Jay Hahah, I like how Seattle thinks it's important.

]]> Jay http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790899 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790899 Architecture Sun, 26 Aug 2007 11:21:43 -0800 Comment by Alex-jon I love Portland, but I wouldn't want to live here again.

That damned river just makes things difficult.

]]> Alex-jon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790907 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/08/far_from_now#c790907 Architecture Sun, 26 Aug 2007 12:25:54 -0800 Comment by Deacon Seattle Hahaha, Jay, I like how you think your opinion of Seattle is more important than Seattle.

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