Port of Portland | Working waterfront and future developments

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I'm still not a fan of this one. A park there is completely unnecessary given the proximity of the Eastern Prom Trail and there are better uses for the property.
 
MarkHB said:
I'm still not a fan of this one. A park there is completely unnecessary given the proximity of the Eastern Prom Trail and there are better uses for the property.
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I kind of agree with you. Although it could have been made into temporary space with colorful shipping containers, etc. like they've done in Boston's Seaport District. All that you need to do for the middle is unroll a big carpet of artificial grass to sit and drink and eat on, along with the kids to play. That's a mere one month build, if that. This one in Portland will go into the winter and perhaps not open until September of 2027! All summer now in the middle of the dynamic tourist area on the waterfront it will be non-stop digging and plowing and surfacing and brick or stone laying. Then it will be some digging up and fixing.
 
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There might be a good reason they did that but man.....that looks so stupid! And ugly.
 
And now there's a story in the paper saying the "Scotia Prince" might want to come back! It's all just early talks and feelers, of course, but now their staging lot is gone. But their model would be the same as it was before: 11-hours each way with entertainment, casino, etc.
 
MarkHB said:
And now there's a story in the paper saying the "Scotia Prince" might want to come back! It's all just early talks and feelers, of course, but now their staging lot is gone. But their model would be the same as it was before: 11-hours each way with entertainment, casino, etc.
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That would be cool... When I moved back to Portland in 1994, I was kind of in awe watching the Scotia Prince gracefully glide past the city skyline, felt almost surreal at the time. We took it one time for an anniversary trip, and thought it was awesome (I am a simple man haha).
Probably far less likely than Old Port Square actually being built to 30 stories though.
 
MarkHB said:
And now there's a story in the paper saying the "Scotia Prince" might want to come back! It's all just early talks and feelers, of course, but now their staging lot is gone. But their model would be the same as it was before: 11-hours each way with entertainment, casino, etc.
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The staging lot feels out of date and unnecessary now that every driver has a cellphone.

Instead of wasting all that space for a long queue on the waterfront, I can easily imagine a much more efficient scenario where drivers book and arrive at precisely scheduled times to board, like how FastPass systems work at theme parks.
 
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