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Old Posted Mar 10, 2007, 6:21 AM
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Well designed mixed use
 
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The only drawback I see is lack of a surrounding neighborhood.
But that's a pretty big omission.

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The time may be right for Rose Quarter to bloom (pardon the pun). A public market at the center could be the catalyst.
Right--but only if it were part of a HUGE redevelopment that made the MC area look like a real neighborhood. Even then, I would support some type of amentity, but I think the Market should be near the restaurant community--downtown or somewhere on the close-in Eastside near reataurants and where people already go--people who care about food.
I really like Cab's idea--locating the market in the Central Eastside near the Esplanade parking lot.There's land, there's a normal street grid, there are all sorts of creative start-up companies, there could be a water taxi from dowtown, there are tons of restaurants nearby.
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