[IHEARTPDX]

We have a style map in today's NYT Magazine...


http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2007/10/06/style/20071006_OREGON_MAP.html

[zilfondel]

They need to add the new Portland Museum of Contemporary Craft to the map [DeSoto Project]. I went, and saw, and it was cool

http://www.museumofcontemporarycraft.org/

[Aya Murase]

Two new Portland articles in the NYT

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/us/05bike.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/realestate/04nati.html?_r=1&ref=realestate&oref=slogin

[sopdx]

My, haven't we become their little darling.

[urbanlife]

so basically Portland is about to get flooded with New Yorkers by the butt load. Guess we whould build a big green monument in the Williamette to make them feel at home.

[rsbear]

I was talking to a co-worker today, in Los Angeles, who recently relocated from his native NYC. Last month he visited Portland, Seattle and Vancouver (BC) for the first time. He loved Portland, liked Vancouver but did not care for Seattle. Interesting the number of times I've heard that down here in LA. Anyway, he said that Portland is a hot topic in NYC, and he visited because of all the rave reviews from his friends and the constant coverage in the NY Times. Now he wants to move.

[65MAX]

Sounds like our well-kept secret is getting out to the masses. Like it or not, we've become the new "hip" place to be.

[tworivers]

Like it or not, we've become the new "hip" place to be.

Even more reason for the city not to rest on its laurels and become self-satisfied. Best to appreciate the fickle media spotlight for what it is (hey, at least the rest of the country might not associate us with flannel anymore) and keep on quietly keeping on. I've been thinking hopefully lately of Portland and Seattle as the tortoise and the hare.

[zilfondel]

so basically Portland is about to get flooded with New Yorkers by the butt load. Guess we whould build a big green monument in the Williamette to make them feel at home.

yea, we have been for like 3 years. Half the people I meet everyday are from NYC... :cool:


GO AWAY!!! :hell:

[sopdx]

Naw, I really don't want them to go away. As the article states, people move here because of Portland and the direction it is moving. I think for the most part, these people are in tune with them. If you look at the other cities that are sharing the same amount of growth - Atlanta, Orlando, Vegas - you get an entirely different picture.

[rsbear]

We need to roll out the welcome mat for enlightened people, like those profiled in the Times that have moved from NY. My hope is that it will force out (or at least better outnumber) the anti-transit, anti-downtown, anti-density local yokel hicks. You know the ones, they blog their venom on the Tribune's Web site.

[Okstate]

Well i'll help counter those people next August ;)