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Hydro Hogs These people waste so much water, it s scary. Benjamin Franklin once wrote, When the well is dry, we know the worth of water. In Portland, whose water glass always seems to be full, the abundance is both a blessing and a curse. Nestled between two rivers, doused by 37 inches of rain in an average year and fed by Bull Run Reservoir, the state s largest source of drinking water, Portland boasts more than enough H2O to meet our needs.
Southeast Portland’s ‘Versailles’ mansion is for sale at $2.85 million
Updated Jan 22, 2021;
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Portland’s economy was booming at the turn of the last century, fueled by newcomers lured in by the 1905 Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition and longtime land barons filling fields with much-needed housing.
As more than a quarter-million passengers on city streetcars crossed the Willamette River each day to work and shop, newly minted electricians were busy wiring homes and installing simple refrigerators into cottages and Craftsman bungalows.
Wealthy residents were busy, too, erecting storied estates during the city’s golden era of architecture.
In 1914, publisher and entrepreneur Henry Pittock’s mansion, a French Renaissance Revival-style chateau, rose on a northwest bluff overlooking the young city.
Alan Parsons Project
Voyager
One More River
In the Lap of the Gods
Pyramania
Shadow of a Lonely Man
2007 digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Alan Parsons classic album that was originally released in 1978. Parsons himself digital remastered all his catalog albums reissued in 2007 using the original master t.
more »apes. The difference in sound quality is amazing-each sounds absolutely fantastic. The packaging includes revamped booklets with fresh, elaborated liner notes based on interviews with Parsons and Woolfson as well as rare photos and memorabilia.
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2007 digitally remastered and expanded edition of the Alan Parsons classic album that was originally released in 1978. Parsons himself digital remastered all his catalog albums reissued in 2007 using the original master tapes. The difference in sound quality is amazing-each sounds absolutely fantastic. The packaging includes revamped booklets with fresh, elaborated liner notes ba
Top 10 most expensive Portland-area homes that sold in 2020: ‘More demand over $3 million’
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
Residential real estate experts entered 2020 with caution. Many braced for a recession, but no one could foresee a devastating pandemic.
After stay-at-home orders were issued in March, some people who hadn’t lost their source of income went searching for property that could support adults working at home, children in virtual school and everyone needing space to relax.
“We anticipated a potential change in lifestyle and work requirements,” says Marty Wells of Luxe Christie’s International Real Estate in Lake Oswego. “By April, we saw activity go through the roof.”
Portland investor still aims to sell ‘red house’ back to Kinneys, but says bigger societal issues remain ‘about mortgages and laws and law enforcement’
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
A Monday morning look inside the blocks-long stretch that includes the red house. Sentries guarding the south end of the area say the streets, still blocked, will be opened by 6 p.m. Monday night. December 14, 2020Beth Nakamura/The Oregonian
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Since they came to this country years ago, Ukrainian-born brothers Roman and Edward Ozeruga have lived the American dream.
While still in their teens, Roman got his contractor’s license and Edward, a real estate license. They learned the arcane details of land-use laws and building codes and by their 20s, were buying real estate.