LATEST MEDIA COVERAGE:
On the Blazers plan to relocate the veterans memorial to a new site:
“But the most prominent part of their plan — to set up a memorial at a new nearby park along the river — may not fly with veterans who don’t want to move off-site. Like Harley Wedel, a Portland veteran who served [...]
These are the posts from January 2010
The “rousing” video presentation on the MARC shown at the 1/26/10 public meeting is now available online. See bottom right of the homepage. Also on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dldumLRyrk0
KINK’s Jacob Lewin in “KINK Considers” says “If we’re interested in keeping families in Portland, we’d be better served by the MARC and not an arena-plus-party district.” (i.e., JumpTown) http://bit.ly/4TBRBW
RESPONSE TO ISSUES RAISED IN PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE BLOG ON 1/19/10
marcpdx.org has taken a careful look at the blog post entitled “A Preservationist Perspective on Memorial Coliseum Plans” posted on the Portland Architecture blog (http://bit.ly/5m2cfG) on 1/19/10. Here is a response to some of the issues raised in the post:
1. Coliseum Seating
THE BLOG STATES: “Likely [...]
see: http://bit.ly/6muy7B
1/8/10 – Oregonian coverage: http://bit.ly/8hnGKO
1/11/10 -Interview with Paul Linnman on 1190KEX Radio: http://bit.ly/8MoljF
1/11/10 – PSU’s Ethan Seltzer takes on the Blazers’ RQ plans and supports MARC in Oregonian Op-Ed today: http://bit.ly/4TXVqt
1/11/10 – Portland Mercury coverage at: http://bit.ly/4tQfLP
1/11/10 – DJC says “Two proposals stand out for Memorial Coliseum”: http://bit.ly/8QVRny
1-11-10 – MARC in Ryan Frank’s Front Porch “Top [...]
1/14/10 – Portland Architecture Blog: http://bit.ly/7USP0t
January 12, 2010
Rose Quarter Stakeholder Advisory Committee
c/o Portland Development Commission
222 NW Davis Street
Portland, OR 97209
Dear Stakeholder Advisory Committee Members:
The SAC and PDC designed a highly innovative process to start discussion of re-use concepts for Memorial Coliseum. The results of the Call for Concepts have been truly astounding with over 80 submissions received from [...]
See: http://bit.ly/7N5lf2
See the following links for today’s media coverage:
Interview with Paul Linnman on 1190KEX Radio: http://bit.ly/8MoljF
PSU’s Ethan Seltzer takes on the Blazers’ RQ plans and supports MARC in Oregonian Op-Ed today: http://bit.ly/4TXVqt
Portland Mercury coverage at: http://bit.ly/4tQfLP
DJC says “Two proposals stand out for Memorial Coliseum”: http://bit.ly/8QVRny
MARC in Ryan Frank’s Front Porch “Top 5″ for today: http://bit.ly/69Lms2