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MarkHB, that's not crazy, it's smart. I was in Boston last week and they now have some double decker buses (like NYC) in addition to the large duck boat ones. A double decker bus is a bit of an overkill for Portland, though I do hate the current corny shuttle ones and that silly fire truck that...

Irrespective of who is more correct in the aforementioned debate--and I think it's good that we are doing that--the irrefutable fact is that punishing a builder by telling them what they can and can not price units at is wrong. When I lived in LA a while back, I had a friend in Santa Monica with...

I have an architect relative pricing out a 5 unit/6 story condo build in Portland and construction costs are steep. The crackdown on immigrants in the last year has also contributed with laborers who do things like framing, drywall and roofing. I know of someone who had a new roof put on their...

Thank you Lord for Jim Brady and Redfern.

On a somewhat unrelated transportation note with my Zoox idea at the Jetport, Bar Harbor now has these "enhanced golf carts" that you can ride on the town's streets and through Acadia National Park's roads (you get a discounted deal at the park with it). They are electric, so feel-good Green and...

One thing that we haven't discussed much in this thread is the important pick up and drop off experience at the Jetport. I rented an SUV to drive up to Acadia last week, and after returning it with my Boston friend, decided to see her off for the train at PTC. The lowest Uber rate from the...

From today's paper. The writers have skewed their data. I think many in these groups have a personal investment in the matter, namely that they own a home or apartment building in Portland. They don't want more housing because it keeps their own home prices and rentable apartments high, and so...

The integration and yet contrast of the old and new buildings with different functions enhances each. I like the pathway in between leading to the marina. This will undoubtedly become a nationally known build and school. If Redfern breaks ground this summer at the Northern Burner location...

The idea to do something dramatic in art is good, but this design is not. The city should probably talk to me. I managed the Champagne bottles design (30 feet in length) painted on the tarmac of the East 34th Street Heliport (NYC). They are resistant to decay, and the bottle to the far left has...

One of the images on the architect's site has it as a green roof with trees and people walking through it.

Many good hedonistic times were had in those buildings. Leave something historical inside, if you can. There was talk once when Motley Crew destroyed a suite at the Hyatt on Sunset (LA) of leaving it that way, preserved, for perhaps a lasting exhibit.

This conversion to a hotel with the basement bank vault speakeasy will become soooooo dope. And how I wish for the public market to revert back to its original interior design and use. The Maine Public idea for office space here (next month) is a gross underutilization of this building's...

Can they please power wash off the salt stains on the bricks of Monument Square? Do they not see that? Are they that thick?

May 19th the city council is supposed to discuss the 25% inclusionary rule for mandating affordable units in housing, to roll it back to pre-Covid levels of 10%. Redfern is waiting for and anticipates it will change, and if so, it's full steam ahead with their projects and whatever this silly...

I keep saying this over and over and over again. I consult (or did) with food and drink and how it's designed and laid out offerings and have been to many stadiums and arenas across the country. I've seen so many games and concerts that it's become routine. Cross Insurance Arena can be fixed for...

Do airports ever finish? I travel a lot and I don't think I've been to one and seen it without some construction somewhere. I strongly believe a massive new garage behind the Hilton Garden Inn that can contain all the rental cars and long term parking, etc. is a smart way to go. And a long...

540 Congress would be an ideal location for student housing. It's horrid, that facade. I don't care what its history is, it looks out of place, like it belongs maybe in ancient Egypt. Raze it all and build a 10-15 story funky and modern designed tower for student housing that is set back. It...

Why is the neighborhood so protective of that green area when across the street--and closer to them--there is a big parking lot filled with rental cars.

This is all a moot point as Live Nation isn't going to do anything now. It's going to be broken up as the de facto monopoly it is. From the NY Times two weeks ago, below...

They need to figure out what to put in the big mining pit. I don't think simply water is going to work. It wouldn't look natural. Possibilities... 1. soccer stadium--an easy fit 2. massive rock climbing facility with F&D offerings everywhere 3. giant artificial grass playground with pex tubing...