News There are seemingly three kinds of Portland renters: those who’ve had a recent rent increase, those who soon will, and those competing for the dwindling supply of decent rentals at a decent pric ...   More

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Perhaps in honor of that well known cyclist St. Patrick, City of Portland crews applied a bunch of bright green paint at Southeast 7th Avenue and Hawthorne Boulevard on Monday (St. Paddy's Day), and installed the first of 14 green bike boxes to be placed at key intersections around th...   More

News Nearly 12 years have passed since Hollywood Video founder Mark Wattles broke ground on his 50,000-square-foot “farmhouse” along the Willamette River in West Linn, and about nine years sinc ...   More

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I don't care if people talk behind my back about my love of bike porn, or if they say I have a deep-seated frame fetish. I just love to ogle me some handmade bikes, and I'm proud of it.

I just got back from indulging my two-wheeled fantasies at the 4th ann...   More

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It looks like home builder Roger Pollock is trying his best to add a little more chaos to the already turbulent Portland real estate market. His company, Buena Vista Custom Homes, will be holding another home auction March 8.

Buena Vista auctioned 250 ho...   More

News While the latest data shows the local housing market appreciated a modest 1.1 percent in December, there’s no doubt the once red-hot Portland real-estate landscape now rarely sparks bidding wars ...   More

News If you ask Natalie Ramsland, Portland is a great place to build bikes. And, considering the number of local custom frame builders has increased nearly fourfold in the past two years, it seems she&rsqu ...   More

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I know Portland is bike-friendly, but when I heard about a plan for
nighttime bike escorts I thought we'd moved to a whole new level. Well, turns out, it's "not that kind of escort!" according to    More

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If you're a cyclist — and you have anything other than major surgery planned for Feb. 9 and 10 — get a sharpie and draw a bike on your calendar for those dates.

That's when the fourth annual North American Handmade Bicycle Show comes to ...   More

News As a curious real estate investor, I wondered if the enormous Buena Vista home auction last weekend would have some great deals, or be the shadier side of Portland’s real estate apocalypse. I we ...   More