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County progress on new courthouse in Multnomah County: slow but steady
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Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR)
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June 2, 2008
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For decades, lawyers, judges and assorted Multnomah County
officials have voiced complaints about the cramped quarters within
their nearly 100-year-old courthouse, hoping the county would invest
in a modern building.
There's not enough space, they've said.
And there's only one entrance.
Worst yet, lawyers, jurors and the accused are often forced to co-
mingle in small, open corridors.
When the Portland Development Commission in March released $9
million in taxable bonds for the realignment of the Hawthorne
Bridge, which would make room for a proposed new courthouse near the
Willamette River, those who'd voiced concerns about the courthouse
started seeing a turning point.
But the new ...
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