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Portland Funded Apartments to Bring Back People Pushed Out of Their Neighborhoods. The Building Is Still Mostly Vacant.

The Dialogue: What Readers Think About a City Planning Project to Increase Housing Density

“Portland’s future will not be affordable no matter how many [houses] you build.”

The Reborn Clay’s Barbecue Has the Some of the Best Smoked Wings and Down-Home Cakes and Pies in Portland

The fare is still old-school, soul food-inspired ’cue—this is a place that serves fried catfish alongside its smoked hot link. But the revived Clay’s has a renewed spirit and much-improved attention to detail.

The Third Oldest McDonald’s in America Will Be Demolished In Portland Next Month

The original McDonald’s on Powell Boulevard was built in 1962 in the classic double-arches style designed by architect Stanley Meston, a style that was phased out by McDonald’s in 1969. Few buildings have been left standing with the original architecture, in part because McDonald’s required franchisees to update their buildings.

In New Documentary “Priced Out,” A North Portland Resident Explains Why She’s No Longer Pro-Gentrification

“Priced Out” isn’t just about gentrification. It tracks North Portland’s evolution into a heart of ‘New Portland.’ Through its interviews, the film puts words to the ambient tension between new and old residents.

How Would You Describe Your Experience With the Housing Market?

Our favorite looks this week.

Lents Will Get a Big New Craft Beer Bar and Food Cart Pod in Long-Empty Parking Lot

Next spring, the food-starved neighborhood will get a big new project called Flipside Bar and Carts. Located at Southeast 93rd Avenue and Woodstock Boulevard, Flipside will comprise an eight-cart food cart pod, a rooftop deck and a 2,500-square-foot indoor bar and seating area with cocktails and around 15 craft beer taps. The bar will be part of a new mixed-use construction project, and is planned to seat 65 indoors with 32 seats on the roof. It’ll be open from 10 am to 2 am daily.

Hedge House, Lompoc Brewing’s Homey Pub on Division, is Closing

On Sunday, owner Jerry Fechter announced that they had made the decision to close the pub after its 14 year run on Southeast Division due to declining sales, a massive influx of new restaurants and bars on division over the last few years and an expiring lease.

Condos For Sale on North Portland’s Williams Avenue Carry an Asking Price of $1.5 Million

Carbon12, the condo project that set a new record for tallest all-timber building, may set a new high in the real-estate market.

Critics Blast a Portland Plan to Divert Money Earmarked for the Black Community to Help a Health Care Giant

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