Nothing happened ; City s promise to clear more homeless camps produces little results on first day
Monday, the city planned to clear 8 camps this week. Prior to the pandemic, crews cleared an average of 50 per week. Author: Maggie Vespa Updated: 7:35 PM PDT May 24, 2021
On Monday afternoon, the day pinpointed as the dawn of a new but familiar era in Portland’s handling of its housing crisis, Zackary Young felt stuck in an awkward limbo: he’d expected crews contracted by the city to force him and those around him to leave their camp in the city’s Old Town Chinatown neighborhood.
Downtown in distress: Portland’s core is unsafe and uninviting, residents say in new poll
Perception threatens city’s economic recovery By Jamie Goldberg, oregonlive.com (TNS)
Published: May 15, 2021, 8:31pm
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Residents across the metro area say downtown Portland has become dirty, unsafe and uninviting, and many anticipate visiting the city’s core less often after the pandemic than they did before.
Those are the worrisome findings of a new poll of 600 people in the Portland metro area commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Asked for their perceptions of downtown, respondents frequently used words like “destroyed,” “trashed,” “riots” and “sad.” Many cited homelessness as a particular issue, and said there is an urgent need for the city to find housing and support people living on the street.
Downtown in distress: Portland’s core is unsafe and uninviting, residents say in new poll, threatening city’s recovery
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Residents describe downtown as “destroyed,” “trashed,” “riots” and “sad. Persistent vandalism, accumulating trash and homelessness have soured attitudes about Portland s economic, cultural and transportation hub.Dave Killen/The Oregonian
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Residents across the metro area say downtown Portland has become dirty, unsafe and uninviting and many anticipate visiting the city’s core less often after the pandemic than they did before.
Those are the worrisome findings of a new poll of 600 people half who live within Portland’s city limits commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive. Asked for their perceptions of downtown, respondents frequently used words like “destroyed,” “trashed,” “riots” and “sad.” Many cited homelessness as a particular issue, and said there is an urgent need fo
. 11 am-11 pm daily. Portland needs to own up to the love part of its love-hate relationship with 10 Barrel Brewing. It’s easy to sneer at a Budweiser sellout, but far more difficult to deny the talents of Portland pub brewmaster Whitney Burnside. Similarly, the wait for a table on the Pearl District restaurant’s rooftop can be interminable, but once you’re actually up there, you’ll forget all about the 60 minutes you spent idling on the street corner. When eventually summoned skyward, you’ll find the pub’s minimalist industrial aesthetic extends outdoors in the form of walnut-hued wooden floor tiles and matching tables, steel accents, and a glowing perimeter created by Edison bulb string lights. Of all the beers pouring from the 20 elegantly curved silver taps, you can never go wrong with one of the golden-toned IPAs that’s only surpassed in beauty by the view of a shimmering sun as it slowly sinks behind the West Hills that is, if you time your visit just right. AND