Salvage Heart

Couple of bylined items in today's inPortland section of The Oregonian....

• An update on the SunRose condo project, on the half-block where the Hungry Tiger once growled. Local developer Randy Rapaport was consulting on it...and now he is not. The project is a go, though, says everyone still on board, including Ann Cohen, who represents the Wong Family. Should be interesting to watch develop, particularly if it doesn't start construction by Thanksgiving, which was the latest planned date. Probably more to this story, but probably not much more that could appear (attributed) in print.
• Also, the Storefronts feature, with new businesses galore (if you call "seven or eight" galore). Features Seven Virtues, at N.E. 60th and Glisan. (And feel free to click on that storefront link...I spent about 15 minutes trying to find the right OregonLive front door that actually listed the inPortland section...maddening.)
• One other note: I'm now serving as the Northeast Portland correspondent for inPortland, which means I'm looking for interesting items about NE Portland, out to about 82nd (which will be covered by someone else). Hot tips welcomed.
  

Labels: journalism, Oregonian, Portland, Randy Rapaport, storefronts, SunRose

As mentioned in the Little Red Bike Cafe post (I continually want to call it "Little Red Wagon"), I'm now the Storefronts correspondent for the inPortland section of The Oregonian, which runs on Thursdays.

This week's featured shop is Blackbird Wineshop, very nice, with the added bonus of tremendous art, hanging by the co-owner Amelia Craigen.

Feel free to pass tips along on new businesses in the Portland area: restaurants, bars, retail outlets, and other places that have opened in the last month or so (or better yet, are going to open in the next month or so). E-mail them to the paper, and they'll pass them to me. That seems direct, doesn't it?

Labels: journalism, Oregonian, Portland, storefronts