- it partially extends the park blocks;
- it partially extends the street grid into the area;
- it attempts to make a connection of the park blocks to the the bridge level;
What would you change?
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- Kearney St is continuous;
- how does this "celebrate Portland's maker-doer culture"?
What would you change?
- the "new civic plaza" would be hopelessly overwhelmed by the tower, and become a forecourt to it;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- the height of buildings is more humane, but the bulk of them is out of scale to the adjacent urban fabric;
What would you change?
- replaces the bulk of the post office building with the bulk of four or five post office buildings;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- begins to address the viaducts;
- where's the water?
What would you change?
- everything: streets are too narrow and dark, buildings are too tall, etc.;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- how does it "utilize under-bridge (viaduct) space"?;
- how it might look from an airplane...;
What would you change?
- everything: streets are too narrow and dark, buildings are too tall, etc.;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
Of all of the conceptual alternatives, which is your preferred alternative?
1: Cascade
Are we missing anything in the conceptual alternatives?
I believe that you are missing the most obvious concept, which is the one that extends the existing urban fabric of Portland into this area with the park blocks and the street grid, and respects the visual presence of Union Station, and creates a human-scaled environment of low and mid-rise buildings that people feel comfortable being next to, as well as living and working in.
Do you have any other comments or feedback?
- in many of the concepts, there seems to be a significant dissonance between what is being proposed and the principles that the proposals are intending to reflect;
- these concepts mostly appear more like the result of a private exercise in creating speculative real estate than a public process to create a humane, civil and civic environment;
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What do you like about this alternative?
- it partially extends the park blocks;
- it partially extends the street grid into the area;
- it attempts to make a connection of the park blocks to the the bridge level;
What would you change?
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- Kearney St is continuous;
- how does this "celebrate Portland's maker-doer culture"?
What would you change?
- the "new civic plaza" would be hopelessly overwhelmed by the tower, and become a forecourt to it;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- the height of buildings is more humane, but the bulk of them is out of scale to the adjacent urban fabric;
What would you change?
- replaces the bulk of the post office building with the bulk of four or five post office buildings;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- begins to address the viaducts;
- where's the water?
What would you change?
- everything: streets are too narrow and dark, buildings are too tall, etc.;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
What do you like about this alternative?
- how does it "utilize under-bridge (viaduct) space"?;
- how it might look from an airplane...;
What would you change?
- everything: streets are too narrow and dark, buildings are too tall, etc.;
- create a continuous extension of the north park blocks to the north, no buildings between 8th and Park, Hoyt and Kearney;
- create a continuous extension of the street grid into the area, to and including Kearney;
- the concept seems to disregard the visual relationship of the massing of the proposed buildings to Union Station;
- the concept seems to disregard current height and density limits;
- the concept seems to disregard new height and density limits proposed in the West Quadrant Plan;
- recognize the significance of the Broadway and Lovejoy viaducts, and what the experience is of being next to and under them;
- be clearer about how the conceptual massing of proposed buildings would be experienced by a person on the sidewalk next to them;
Of all of the conceptual alternatives, which is your preferred alternative?
Are we missing anything in the conceptual alternatives?
I believe that you are missing the most obvious concept, which is the one that extends the existing urban fabric of Portland into this area with the park blocks and the street grid, and respects the visual presence of Union Station, and creates a human-scaled environment of low and mid-rise buildings that people feel comfortable being next to, as well as living and working in.
Do you have any other comments or feedback?
- in many of the concepts, there seems to be a significant dissonance between what is being proposed and the principles that the proposals are intending to reflect;
- these concepts mostly appear more like the result of a private exercise in creating speculative real estate than a public process to create a humane, civil and civic environment;