A Sentimental Memento

For the next three months you can have your picture taken with every Portlander’s true love, Powell’s Books. They’ll even put your name up on the marquee, and then email the photo to you. Free. At Powell’s City of Books downtown. Try to do this in real life and you’ll be flattened by Burnside traffic. [...]

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The NYT hearts PDX

OK, terminally hip potential employees. Next time ID Branding comes calling and you have any doubts about whether you should move to Portland, read this and drool. – Doug

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C’mon, Portland, let’s step it up

I so totally agree with the comments on the web site, PORT, our city’s site for art news, about the sadly unambitious (and aesthetically wretched) design for the new bridge over the Columbia. As PORT says, we could have something amazing, like the Hadid design they posted, which I’ve swiped and put below. Come on, [...]

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Branding Portland

A recent report from Mayor-Elect Sam Adams cites a lack of “brand awareness” as one of the key reasons Portland, OR is losing out on global business. This report was based on a recent trip to China with the National League of Cities to explore sustainable business opportunities. Sam’s observation that Portland lacks “brand awareness” [...]

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