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Article: Portland's Eastside Gains New Vitality with Completion of the Leftbank Project.
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- May 27, 2009
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New Model of Sustainable Development Revitalizes Portland's Eastside With Rich Cross-Section of Portland's Creative Community
PORTLAND, Ore. -- After sitting vacant for more than a decade, a once vibrant cultural magnet at the head of the Broadway Bridge is once again attracting a rich cross section of Portlanders as part of an unconventional new mixed-use development, The Leftbank Project.
Instead of demolishing the trio of abandoned structures, Alora Development employed a new model of sustainable development that emphasized restoration, significant material reuse and community building through design. This triple bottom line approach involved an ...