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Old Posted Aug 13, 2014, 2:28 AM
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For the last two decades the majority of new public parks, trails, and plazas have been built in Portland’s city center, neglecting the other large swaths of the city that also needed them. This sacrifice was part of a grand effort to revitalize a major city’s downtown during a time period of substantial suburban growth. This focus saw the creation of some of Portland’s most favored plazas, Jamison Square and Director Park, and ample lengths of new waterfront pathways including the Vera Katz Eastside Esplanade, the Springwater Corridor, and the South Waterfront Greenway. Today, central Portland is renowned for its livability and accessibility, and the city leaders have taken notice of that success as they turn their heads to the outer ‘other Portland.’ In the current draft of the new Portland Comprehensive Plan, numerous park and trail projects are still being planned for the central areas, like the Green Loop (pdf) and rebuilding Waterfront Park (pdf), but the plan also calls for more immediate action in East Portland. In the next two years Portland Parks & Recreation will build three new parks in underserved Northeast neighborhoods, and start the first phase of the Gateway Green project just east of Rocky Butte.
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