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Posts about urbanism and development, mostly specific to Portland 🏳️🌈🏴
Bridgetown Bites has a photo of the Moloko I remember from when I first moved here. I don’t know exactly when they changed it, or why, but I vastly preferred it. bridgetownbites.com/2026/08/05/m...
Bridgetown Bites@bridgetownbites.bsky.social · 10h agoKnown for their excellent cocktails and coral filled aquariums, Moloko celebrates 20 years on North Mississippi Avenue this month. #moloko #portland #bridgetownbites
ultimately so funny that rip city mgmt’s approach in these emails was “we would rather die than create a written public record of anything we say or do” and then their lawyer just forwarded the whole thing to the City
@wrightkatu.bsky.social · yesterdayNEW: Internal emails obtained by KATU show Portland Trail Blazers leaders debated whether to respond to the City of Portland's questions on key pieces of a proposed Moda Center deal, with one executive saying the city's requests felt like "a trap”. katu.com/news/investi...
Well let’s see what the community thinks about this
kate bush’s husband@airbagged.bsky.social · yesterdayCat Power is antivax
They’re calling it the most theater kid story of all time
Pixie Casey@pixiecasey.bsky.social · 2d agoin insane local news, the 26 year old director of a rocky horror production was arrested for sending threatening messages to himself in order to get the play shut down bc he didn’t want to deal with cast drama www.mynbc5.com/article/rock...
Expatriate was one of closures cited in last month's "barmaggedon" article in the Oregonian. Now Pamana is expanding and taking over the former Expatriate space. www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...
An award-winning Filipino restaurant is taking over the former home of one of Portland’s best bars
But don't worry, the restaurant's famous ube pancakes are staying right where they are.
oregonlive.com
There a permit under review to convert the former Blade & Timber in Slabtown to a restaurant with a bicycle sales area. www.portlandmaps.com/detail/permi... I *think* this is for Austin, TX based Meteor Cafe themeteorcafe.com
In a Vancouver gay bar and therefore Heated Rivalry is playing on the TV screens
On the beach across from urbanist Bluesky’s favorite development
Never in my life have I ever even considered watering a goose, and now I want to
Centennial Mills is owned by the same person who owns the ICE facility in South Waterfront, so get ready for some discourse
Goth Capo@tinalope.bsky.social · 3d agoGoddamn. (Photo stolen from r/Portland)
Whenever I’m in Vancouver BC I’m just in shock at the density around suburban Skytrain stations 10 miles out from the CBD
If there’s one thing Canadian drag queens love, it’s Celine Dion
People make arguments in favor of the electoral college like “it protects the interests of small states” and no it doesn’t. Oregon is a small state, but because we’re a reliable vote for the Democrat (and with a late primary too) our votes mean nothing.
Stephen Judkins@stephenjudkins.bsky.social · 4d agothis absolute scumbag www.oregonlive.com/wildfires/20...
I suspect that if the city won’t make any deal, the Blazers will relocate sooner or later. But also that the current deal on the table is so generous that the Blazers are just trying to extract more, and ultimately they don’t have better options elsewhere.
The Oregonian@oregonian.com · 5d agoTom Dundon once said that public financing of a renovation would "of course" remove the possibility of relocation. https://mrf.lu/25_QY
Seis leches? En esta economía?
Logan Bowers@loganb.bsky.social · 4d ago50 First Dates?! In this economy?
A weird thing about visiting Vancouver BC is seeing how popular the Old Spaghetti Factory is
It would be nice if in my walkable neighborhood it were possible to walk to buy liquor www.oregonlive.com/politics/202...
The liquor aisle debate is back on Oregon's ballot horizon
Two Portland residents are pushing a 2028 initiative to allow grocery stores to sell distilled spirits.
oregonlive.com
I see what you did there @ryanjreilly.com
Sahil Kapur@sahilkapur.bsky.social · 5d ago“Trump administration drops Reflecting Pool case, blaming damage on ‘botched’ installation.” A major concession from President Trump’s team after he repeatedly claimed the problem was caused by vandals. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
The Malarkey seems so bad that I actually really want to go www.oregonlive.com/dining/2026/...
Velvet booths? Stripper poles? Meet The Malarkey, celebrity chef’s over-the-top Portland steakhouse (photos)
Celebrity chef Brian Malarkey's new steakhouse and seafood grill opens Friday. Is Portland ready?
oregonlive.com
The first draft of the Design Review Temporary Suspension Project was meant to have been released last week. As best I can tell, it still hasn't been. www.portland.gov/bps/planning...
Sometimes it feels like Portland Parks & Recreation forgets that the parks are there for people to enjoy www.wweek.com/news/city/20...
City Orders Citizen-Run Youth Program to Discontinue Popular Waterslide
The Brooklyn Park water slide in Southeast Portland—used by youthful summer day campers for nearly 50 years—was shut down after coming to the attention of Portland Parks and Recreation.
wweek.com
Really disappointing that Cllr Kanal just wants to outright ban autonomous vehicles in Portland, per comments at this morning's Public Works Committee.
