Comments on: South Waterfront building to house ICE unit

By: poncho

poncho — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 22:03:01 +0000

Considering its the Feds, I’d assume there will be no variance, they’ll just do what they please and ignore local land use codes. The Federal Courthouse 15 years ago didn’t respect the active groundfloor use requirement or rules against blank walls. Yet both of these rules are vital to the health of downtown.

Why doesn’t the under construction Immigration and Naturalization (INS) building in the Pearl have gates, walls, fences, double fences, look out towers, moats, etc like this building? I mean I’m glad they didn’t make that building a fortress but I’m just wondering what the difference is when they are both Federal offices for immigration.

By: Jeff Cole (aka PeasantPundit)

Jeff Cole (aka PeasantPundit) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:01:53 +0000

Common sense and sustainability suggests a variance is in order if part of the building will become a basement – so build it for that use now, and not current street level requirements. Otherwise, natural resources and taxpayer money will just be wasted.

By: poncho

poncho — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 00:05:11 +0000

I’m not clear how SW Moody at this location will be raised 12 ft, I thought Moody between the Marquam and Ross Island Bridges was the part being raised.

Jeff Stuhr, chairman of the Portland Design Commission, said he is concerned that Bancroft Street’s narrowness and fast-moving traffic on Macadam Avenue could hamper accessibility. He said GBD may want to fine-tune its plan for handling that portion of the project.
Perhaps a road diet or various methods of traffic calming is whats needed?

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