South Waterfront Blocks 41 & 42 (Alamo Manhattan Phase 1) | xx' | 23 & 6 floors | U/C

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by PacificStates

My money is on either Whole Foods or New Seasons.

That would be a good bet. Since New Seasons sold to that Korean company, they have been looking to expand more on the west coast; we are even getting a New Seasons in Milwaukie. I could also see Whole Foods opening up there because they too are trying to expand and showcase a new way of grocery shopping.

[maccoinnich]

DAR Drawings [11 MB] for changes to Block 45

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by maccoinnich

DAR Drawings [11 MB] for changes to Block 45

So they did all that work on the renderings of this building and then didn't use a rendering of the Portland Streetcar? They just plopped a random "streetcar" in the image?

[maccoinnich]

Notice of a Type II Proposal for changes to Block 45.

[NOPO]

I searched this thread, but I couldn’t find a link that showed renderings of the taller building, only the shorter one. Is the taller still only tentative af this time? Could someone direct me to drawings of the taller building?

[MarkDaMan]

Originally Posted by NOPO

I searched this thread, but I couldn’t find a link that showed renderings of the taller building, only the shorter one. Is the taller still only tentative af this time? Could someone direct me to drawings of the taller building?

Check back on post 26 from Maccoinich in this thread and you'll see the pdfs of the drawing that were approved. I'll try and snip some images for this page at some point. But yes, both of the two buildings are under construction.

[NOPO]

Originally Posted by MarkDaMan

Check back on post 26 from Maccoinich in this thread and you'll see the pdfs of the drawing that were approved. I'll try and snip some images for this page at some point. But yes, both of the two buildings are under construction.

Thanks! I saw the drawings. Looks nice.

[MarkDaMan]

Had to kill some time yesterday while downtown and took a walk around South Waterfront for some updates.

[PacificStates]

Most of the facade on the 6-story building is visible now.

[jb111120]

The different materials on the facade make it seem almost like separate buildings.



I like how this one is starting to look!

[MarkDaMan]

^Thanks for the pics! Progress is looking good!

[Rob Nob]

Originally Posted by jb111120

The different materials on the facade make it seem almost like separate buildings.

The 6 to 7 story alternating shades of brick to look like 3 to 5 separate buildings per street face really looks like Slabtown; a look I have never really liked.

[AdamUrbanist]

Originally Posted by Rob Nob

The 6 to 7 story alternating shades of brick to look like 3 to 5 separate buildings per street face really looks like Slabtown; a look I have never really liked.

Have to agree with this. I'd rather have something that looks like one good building rather than six mediocre ones

[DMH]

Originally Posted by Rob Nob

The 6 to 7 story alternating shades of brick to look like 3 to 5 separate buildings per street face really looks like Slabtown; a look I have never really liked.

I think that the Conway master plan has design guidelines for Slabtown that encourage full-block buildings to visually break down the scale of their facades. Most of the designers have chosen to do that by changing the brick color and maybe slightly recess one brick plane from another. The design guideline came about because mundane full-block buildings feel like a depressing imposition on the variety and diversity of historic NW Portland blocks that have a collection of older buildings on each street face.

Yes, I wish that architects would produce better designs of the ground floors of urban buildings, so that the prescriptive design guideline would not be necessary.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by AdamUrbanist

Have to agree with this. I'd rather have something that looks like one good building rather than six mediocre ones

Meh, all of SWF is uninspired nothing architecture. It’s like our own baby Bellevue.

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by subterranean

Meh, all of SWF is uninspired nothing architecture. It’s like our own baby Bellevue.

And here I thought Beaverton would one day become our baby Bellevue, when in reality it was in our own South Waterfront the whole time.

[subterranean]

Originally Posted by urbanlife

And here I thought Beaverton would one day become our baby Bellevue, when in reality it was in our own South Waterfront the whole time.

Downtown Beaverton has street life, fine-grained historic character, growing interest as an actual neighborhood, and a lot of space for growth. They didn't have to fake it, just realize what was already there.

[CorbinWarrick]

Originally Posted by subterranean

Meh, all of SWF is uninspired nothing architecture. It’s like our own baby Bellevue.

You must hate Vancouver BC

[DMH]

Originally Posted by CorbinWarrick

You must hate Vancouver BC

Gosh, I am not sure what part of Vancouver BC you are referring to. Do you mean the vibrant neighborhood streets like Denman and Davie? Or the leafy quiet neighborhood in the middle of the West End? Or the area around English Bay? Or the pedestrian and bike infrastructure around False Creek?

[urbanlife]

Originally Posted by subterranean

Downtown Beaverton has street life, fine-grained historic character, growing interest as an actual neighborhood, and a lot of space for growth. They didn't have to fake it, just realize what was already there.

It does, and it is nice to see that starting to come together, I remember when the Round first went in and felt really disconnected from downtown, and now it feels like it is an extension of downtown. Now they just need to start approving and getting taller buildings built that aren't parking garages.