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Originally Posted by DMH
It is worth noting, as each of us curates our own dream Portland skyline plugging in towers where gaps remain, that there are often handsome, historic, worthy-of-preservation buildings on those sites. For that reason, Portland will never have an uninterrupted Midtown Manhattan skyline.
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Totally agree, I'd never want to see that pattern for the sake of a high rise. But like the West End, I'd love to see some of the surface lots around Oak & Stark streets towards the river get some action. From the east side, it just bugs me how the tall buildings all fade away towards the river leaving Big Pink sticking out by itself. I don't mean a wall of glassy towers a la SOWA, but some nice infill that would both energize the Ankeny neighborhood (and one day maybe give Saturday Market the ability to go 5, 6, 7 days/ week?) and give some oomph to that part of the skyline.