The process that led to the land sale was flawed, but there’s still a chance to shape other public space.
Congress Square
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Key Portland intersection could get makeover
The city is fast-tracking a redesign of Congress Square amid a contested plaza sale, but a legal challenge likely awaits.
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Disputed Portland plaza sale approved by council
Foes threaten to sue after the 6-3 vote to allow an event center and a smaller public space on the downtown site.
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Woman arrested at Portland meeting on Congress Square
The council is meeting tonight to consider selling two-thirds of the plaza.
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Portland plaza turns into flash point
The debate over Congress Square’s underused park seems to go beyond the fight on open space to issues of rich vs. poor and corporate intrusion.
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VIDEO: A day in the life of Congress Square Plaza
Portland Press Herald Staff Photographer Gabe Souza shot this time-lapse video of Congress Square Plaza from sunrise to sunset on Friday, Sept. 13, 2013. Congress Square Plaza, created in the 1980s after the demolition of a commercial building at Congress and High streets, is at the center of a debate over whether the city of […]
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Letters to the editor: Sale best option for Congress Square
As we head into the final council vote on Sept. 16 regarding the sale of a portion of Congress Square Plaza, I was compelled to write. As the general manager of the State Theatre — an active neighbor of the Plaza and the Eastland (Westin) hotel since our reopening in 2010 — I’d like to […]
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Portland rejects petition meant to block plaza sale
The city’s lead attorney says a citizen initiative cannot block the sale of Congress Square Plaza.
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Bill Nemitz: Portland plaza reality gets lost in the kerfuffle
I’m trying very hard to get my blood boiling about the proposed sale of Congress Square Plaza to a private developer. It’s not working.