tom miller riding in the 2006 bridge pedal. photo a j. maus
welcome to the first in a sixpart series bikeshare in portland a status report. the author of this guest article series is tom miller. miller is the current chief of staff for portland city commissioner sam adams and hell follow adams into the mayors office in january.
besides being adams rig...... [Show More]
sometimes words fail me in describing the absolute disregard of the placement of noaa official climate monitoring sites. for example this one in clarinda iowa submitted by surfacestations volunteer eric gamberg
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the mmts temperature sensor is the short pole next to the half pickup truck.
for those of you that dont know this station is located at the wa...... [Show More]
...ands mayorelect sam adams backstage.
sam is wearing a recycled couture plastic tuxedo jacket and bow tie. for more on portlands progressive mayorelect visit the website www.commis sionersam. com . for more on junk to funk visit www.junktofunk.org.
photographs by ppng contributing photographer philip morgan www.philip morgan.net .
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just once i would like to see if i can force myself to blog on a regular schedule.a it is not that i dont have things to say and information to share.a rather it is some residual resistance to writing something that others will see that lingers from my school days.a so now that i have explained my silence here is my longoverdue post.
mayorelect sam adams first developed his list o...... [Show More]
a prelimenary wave frame bridge design for the willamette
im certain port readers remember how we were dissatisfied with zgfs preliminary
design for the
willamette river pedestrian and light rail bridge and created our own design
contest . im also certain most of you saw last wednesdays
o with preliminary images of the possible willamette river pedestri...... [Show More]
in a rare show of government efficiency portland mayorelect sam the tram has put scott andrews a president in the melvin mark real estate empire on the portland development commission board . taxpayers money will now stream to wealthy real estate interests with even greater speed and less resistance than under the grampy administration. the enhanced flow of cash to the west hills...... [Show More]
as noted here saturday there are now two street renaming proposals floating around in portland one to rename ne and se 42nd avenue after fantasy writer douglas adams and another to rename a street that has not yet been identified for casar chavez. it would be shocking if the city council didnt eventually reject the adams proposal which it will likely deem frivolous and accept th...... [Show More]
bobby grossman andy warhol cornflakes 1978
traveling exhibition bande part band of outsiders is coming to augen gallery nw this month. a reference to the 1964 film by jeanluc godard the show is a collection of photographs from the new york underground scene in the 60s 70s 80s. it is an inside look at the selfproclaimed ou...... [Show More]
monday links Post Source: www.portlandart.net Posted: Jul 21 2008 17:59:58
guernica
suffered a lot of wear and tear during its travels ... but this time the
condition report has a political angle. imho guernica and jimi hendrixs star
spangled banner are the two most successful pieces of political art ever.
powerslice
enjoys some cool things .
edward
winkleman is clamping down on his comments ... in the past his site has had
some of ...... [Show More]
this guy reminds me of nixon
but to avoid any surprises in the future let me be crystal clear at this milestone i will strongly oppose a final columbia river crossing project proposal that fails to address portlands goals. authoritarian condescending and headed for a similar ending to nixons. i cant put my finger on exactly why but im betting on less than fou...... [Show More]
mayor elect and current transpo commish sam adams has just released a statement
on the i5 bridge that calls for much of what
i called for several weeks ago here by insisting that the bridge
inspire a green pos tcardwort hy design. this should be the worlds
most environmentally friendly bridge in design construction and operations.
any bridge is an i...... [Show More]
installation view of scale photo of portland metro 1ft 1 mile
pdxplore designing portland opens tomorrow at pnca. the project invites members of the local design and architecture community to reimagine portland and construct a model of its growth in the next few years. its being launched with a talk next week by five local designers and architects rudy barton carol mayerreed mic...... [Show More]
vera katz park Post Source: cyclotram.blogspot.com Posted: May 28 2008 19:08:00
hello ive got a couple of paintings in the second annual comics illustration show at portland city hall this april 3rd. go have a look if youre in the area...... [Show More]
keep portland weird Post Source: agencyaspen.com Posted: Feb 28 2008 19:16:46
next thursday first thursday in march keep portland weird hosts their opening reception at city hall 1221 sw 4th avenue 57 pm. ill be there with camera on though not in an official capacity. the event is sponsored by sam adams .a how can you go wrong bringing a camera to a weird event
hat tip sarah henderson of sirena pictures
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an article in the portland tribune
the portland tribune jackhammers welcome
web site urges people to see green where its gray.
by nancy hill
inspiration struck the moment arif khan looked into the concrete backyard of a northeast portland house that was for sale.
im attracted to potential and transforming things and this house offered me both he says. h...... [Show More]
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