Comments on: Burnside Bridgehead to start small /news/2010/01/26/46259-redv/ Building and Construction News in Portland, Oregon and the Pacific Northwest Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:42:12 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.6 By: Chris McMullen /news/2010/01/26/46259-redv/#comment-9594 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:42:12 +0000 /?p=46259#comment-9594 “…Buildings designed to attract the young creative class need to be functional and affordable first,”

Yeah that economic strategy for Portland has been a real winner. Soon, this area can vie for the most baristas per capita in the nation!

]]> By: TWW Daily Feed for January 29, 2010 « This Way West /news/2010/01/26/46259-redv/#comment-9581 Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:28:01 +0000 /?p=46259#comment-9581 […] east side of the Burnside Bridge is the latest area to receive redevelopment attention, and the new Burnside Bridgehead will hopefully make the area an economic bright spot. The developers are taking a more organic […]

]]> By: Old Town /news/2010/01/26/46259-redv/#comment-9544 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:27:17 +0000 /?p=46259#comment-9544 “In that way, the Burnside Bridgehead’s growth could mirror that of parts of Manhattan, Bruder said. “It’s closer to the artists’ model in SoHo and Chelsea, where loft spaces somehow became the wonderful spaces we see in movies.””

Mr. Bruder has been watching too many movies. It is a ridiculous comparison. Beam and team have learned to say what PDC wants to hear.

Just how much money has PDC (TIF funds) poured into the Bridgehead project?

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