So long Days Inn, another PDX hotel to get multi-million$$$ makeover

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Well I agree that Coal and Concord don't measure up to Commercial or robson, but they are highrise neighborhoods built around parks not retail corridors. Anytime of day you WILL see people utilizing the waterfront opportunites in these newer areas. Its a place to LIVE not an area just to shop. How many people are walking there dogs or jogging or practicing yoga on commercial? These new areas are definitely a "softer" type city, maybe because we in the US tend to idealize the hustle and bustle of NY that the calm of these new areas doesn't feel like a city. Can't cities be more then just a place for Commerce?