North Park Blocks PDX

Arts/Events in the Park

  • Restaurant and Developer Groups Are Piling Onto A Camping Lawsuit Against the City

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    The Portland Mercury reports the list of people suing the city over new camping policies is growing.  In a motion filed May 20, a group of organizations that believe Mayor Charlie Hales’ lenient stance on camping is illegal say they’ve found three new plaintiffs to sign onto a lawsuit filed last month. They are the Oregon Restaurant and…

  • Ted Wheeler: Reclaim PDX Public Spaces

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    First off, our congrats to Ted Wheeler for sweeping the primary. Now it’s time to get down to work making Portland a better city for all. In case you don’t read Reddit, we wanted to repost this piece from r/Portland 18 May 2016 Open letter to Ted Wheeler  Dear Ted, I’m a resident of Portland, a homeowner, and one of…

  • SF News Media Team Up to Fight Homelessness

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    Embarrassing politicians into action seems like a great idea to us! Last summer it took our “park porn” photos to get the Mayor Hales and city council to even notice the situation in the North Park Blocks. Now it seems that SF media is making a coordinated effort “to  create a ‘wave’ of coverage that will…