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Portland Walks & Urban Hikes: A Jolly Good Sidewalk
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Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. Exploring Portland on Foot with Laura Foster. Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. The Settling of the West," 1936, by Edward Quigley, one of several WPA murals inside Portland's Irvington School. Monday, August 29, 2011. A Jolly Good Sidewalk. Until around 1904, most Portland sidewalks were wood. In that year, a city ordinance declared no wooden sidewalks. So one era ended and in this decade,. Most of our “artificial stone” sidewalks are turning the century mark. Part of choic...
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Portland Walks & Urban Hikes: MAX Exploration No. 2: Historic Gresham
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Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. Exploring Portland on Foot with Laura Foster. Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. The Settling of the West," 1936, by Edward Quigley, one of several WPA murals inside Portland's Irvington School. Tuesday, May 18, 2010. MAX Exploration No. 2: Historic Gresham. Looking for a mini-exploration? Take the MAX to downtown Gresham. Here's what you'll find in this former agricultural center, now Oregon's fourth largest town:. 8226; an old Carnegie library (now the Gresham History Museum.
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Portland Walks & Urban Hikes: Poetry on the Block: Literary Posts Abound in Portland
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Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. Exploring Portland on Foot with Laura Foster. Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. The Settling of the West," 1936, by Edward Quigley, one of several WPA murals inside Portland's Irvington School. Monday, January 3, 2011. Poetry on the Block: Literary Posts Abound in Portland. This blog post and others I wrote in December 2010 first appeared on the Powell's Books Blog. Mike Ryerson, not letting a bit of rain get between himself and some poetry. That’s the civilizing effec...
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Portland Walks & Urban Hikes: Fanno Creek Trail closes its gaps
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Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. Exploring Portland on Foot with Laura Foster. Portland Walks and Urban Hikes. The Settling of the West," 1936, by Edward Quigley, one of several WPA murals inside Portland's Irvington School. Wednesday, January 9, 2013. Fanno Creek Trail closes its gaps. I wrote this article which appeared September 7, 2012 on the newsline page of. Such a treat for us Portlanders. Some homes back right up,. Sans fences, along the trail. An Oregon white oak along the trail. One July morning...
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The Mathematical Tourist: A Mathematical Eye on Portland
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July 23, 2014. A Mathematical Eye on Portland. Will be held August 6-9, 2014, in Portland, Oregon, bringing together more than 1,500 mathematicians. Known for its riverfront scenery, culinary delights, and cool vibe, the city also has a lively art and architecture scene. And you can find lots of examples of embedded mathematics, from the parabolic arcs of the city's fountains to the geometric intensity of its bridges. In a city of many bridges, the Hawthorne Bridge. And " Fountain Parabolas. A particular...
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The Benefits of Having Your Head in the Clouds — Elsewise Media
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Exploring the Elements of A Creative Life. The Benefits of Having Your Head in the Clouds. June 3, 2009. For at least half a day earlier this week, a story about clouds. Was the most shared story on the BBC News website:. Clouds: More popular than Reagan and Bee Thieves. Clouds, something most humans see all the time, were ranked above something quite rare: a jet falling out of the sky over the Atlantic. Of course, the clouds that were eliciting such excitement were not just any clouds:. They are dynamic...
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Peculiarity over Productivity — Elsewise Media
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Exploring the Elements of A Creative Life. May 1, 2009. In Life Cycle of Ideas. If inefficiency is culture, as I recently asserted. What is the effect of a nationwide preoccupation with efficiency? Isn’t that just another kind of culture? When I use the word culture, I’m describing what I see as an ideal culture: a diverse and evolving conversation of ideas. The Maize is All The Same. As Michael Pollan put it in a 2002 article. Because it’s the cheapest thing you can feed any animal, thanks to fede...
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The Next Act — Elsewise Media
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Exploring the Elements of A Creative Life. February 19, 2009. Life Cycle of Ideas. Last weekend, I watched a video of Elizabeth Gilbert’s presentation at this month’s TED conference. The title seemed promising: “ A different way to think about creative genius. Her speech began with a common reaction to the success of her book “Eat Pray Love”:. 8220;Everywhere I go now people treat me like I’m doomed.”. 8221; She seems to have let that atmosphere of doom permeate her thinking:. Where to begin…. I agree: i...
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Sending Location Adjustments from iOS to CouchDB — Elsewise Strategic
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How could information shape your world? Sending Location Adjustments from iOS to CouchDB. March 1, 2011. I’ve been a fan of Portland’s Public Art collection since I first visited the city twelve years ago. Over the last few months, I’ve been working with the Mayor’s office. And the Regional Arts and Culture Council. To build a map-based iOS app that showcases this art and presents it to a wider audience. And now, it’s here: Public Art PDX. Is available for download from the App Store. With over 400 works...
