There is so much news built up in my inbox, I'm just going to start putting it out in big chunks. Much of it is old, and common knowledge, but some folks don't seem to know about it. From this point in my trip, I will have internet most of the time, … [Read more...]

From Urban Works via food critic Patrick Coleman over at the Portland Mercury, Uwajimaya has signed a letter of intent for the old town site. We first broke the news back in February of 2008, but then the economy tanked and I thought the whole idea … [Read more...]

I first got an inkling of this news from Mike Thelin over at the Burnside Blog, in a profile he wrote on City Commissioner Erik Sten. Now, as confirmed by the Portland Development Commission, popular Asian supermarket chain Uwajimaya is strongly … [Read more...]