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Originally Posted by 58rhodes
I disagree after visiting almost every major city in this nation.
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To be fair, excluding Portland, American cities are almost always poor examples of urban planning.
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Originally Posted by 58rhodes
And I really dont care how tall or not Portland builds-I would just like to see a more varied skyline--San Diego comes to mind.
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I like postcard-prettiness as much as the next person, but what I care about is life at street level. As long as what goes up isn't too ugly, I don't care about height - I mean, yeah, I LOVE HEIGHT!!! ...but what I really care about is street level neighborhood vibrancy.
Assuming they build something even remotely in the ballpark of what they've envisioned for this site, it'll be fantastic for the neighborhood. My cup of enthusiasm for this one runneth over! I'll be especially curious to see what direction they face the tower and how they plan around sound, because the Timbers' stadium definitely generates a lot of sound. A tower will block it, but also potentially reflect it. Like I said, it'll be interesting to see if and how they deal with that.