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Another Three Years, Another Vision for Rose Quarter

PORTLAND-Right on queue, a fourth document is out on how to finish developing the 37-acre area between this city's 24-hour downtown and its eastside office and retail center, the Lloyd District.

By Brian K. Miller | Updated on June 17, 2001

PORTLAND-The latest document regarding completion of the city’s Rose Quarter recommends transforming it into a traditional mixed-use district instead of the 24-hour entertainment district originally envisioned but never achieved.

The draft report by Urban Design Associates of Pittsburgh suggests that if the Memorial Coliseum is torn down and a major league baseball stadium is not built in the area, the Rose Quarter “could potentially be one of the most dynamic and exciting new districts in the city… .”

The report envisions another Pearl District–the city’s former warehouse district–with mid-rise buildings on traditional city blocks filled with apartments, office space and ground-floor restaurants and retail shops. Then again, this is the third such plan since billionaire Paul Allen said he could turn the Rose Quarter into something special.

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