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Dream or Nightmare: Public Hearing on Central Park Blocks Revitalization Convenes Today

PORTLAND-Citizens will have a second chance to help decide the future of the Central Park Blocks at a public hearing today being held by the city's advisory council of experts on urban planning.

By Patricia L. Kirk | Updated on February 08, 2001

PORTLAND-Former Mayor Neil Goldschmidt has proposed building a pedestrian promenade in the Central Park Blocks to revive Downtown’s retail commerce and connect the North and South Park Blocks. The plan calls for demolishing office buildings and shops to widen streets and make way for new retail construction, which many Downtown boosters and city residents oppose.

Some are in opposition because the project would require demolition of historic buildings, low-cost housing, and a narrow streetscape that makes the area uniquely quaint. Some object to the cost and design, while others have expressed concern that the promenade would create a dead zone for retail trade rather than help it.

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