Recently added articles from ORian:
Shadow falls on condo market in Portland, Ore.
Oct 09, 2007 ... Byline: Ryan Frank and Jeff Manning Oct. 9--In the hot real estate summer of 2005, the futuristic John Ross tower generated a buzz never seen before in Portland. Within a week, 222 potential buyers plunked down $5,000 or more to reserve their condos in the 31-story ...
The Oregonian, Portland, Ore., Steve Duin column.(Column)
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Steve Duin Oct. 2--With apologies to north-side light rail, the campaign to rename Interstate Avenue in honor of labor organizer Cesar E. Chavez is an absolute train wreck. In this well-intentioned but clumsy effort to raise the profile of Portland's Latino ...
Sellwood Bridge options narrowed down to three.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Arthur Gregg Sulzberger Oct. 2--A group of policymakers whittled options for a new Sellwood Bridge on Monday to three routes that force fewer people from their homes. Neighborhood residents, including a number of condo owners from the two complexes directly ...
Asics chief, who gave Knight big break, dies.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Brent Hunsberger Oct. 2--Asics Corp. Chairman Kihachiro Onitsuka, the man who helped launch Phil Knight and what was to become Nike, died Saturday in Kobe, Japan, of heart failure, the company confirmed Monday. He was 89. Just after Thanksgiving 1962, Onitsuka ...
Making a plug for meters.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Ted Sickinger Oct. 2--The light bulb went on for Ben Kaiser about six years ago, when the North Portland developer was laying in gas and electrical lines to a home he was building. The energy-saving idea seemed so profoundly obvious that he wondered why it ...