Recent content by Gervs

Haha, Amen!

Quick draft with a tunnel in mind. Keeping the flow of traffic and maximizing the land for development, as well as connecting the lower hill to downtown.

Here's a link with great before's and after photographs. http://www.pressherald.com/news/Flashback-Franklin-Street-before-and-after-urban-renewal.html You get what you pay for. This holds a lot of truth with this project. A tunnel may be costly, but Gruen's vision was to create flow of traffic...

Franklin Street redesign to free up valuable city land The effort to undo the 1960s project could also enlarge Lincoln Park and reunite parts of Portland. Portland press. By Randy Billings rbillings@pressherald.com Staff Writer An effort to redesign Franklin Street into a more...

Below is a draft for tier III. (the next phase) The north side storage conduit is not marked on this draft. I will dig that up next.

While the construction was mostly out of site (underground) the project should not be out of mind. This was a great victory for Portland, cleaning it's waterways and bay. I don't believe anyone made a post on the NSSC, so here it is. Please feel free to share any other info or photos. From the...

Such a great thread everyone, keep the old photos coming. Cheers!

Hello everyone! This marks my first post and I am looking forward to contributing many more. I am a resident / urbanist of Portland, also a photographer of some sorts. A new friend I made (Corey) informed me about this Forum. Looks Awesome and I am happy to be here! Not many people noticed this...