tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post8214694616448264069..comments2024-03-25T17:49:41.408-07:00Comments on Salem Breakfast on Bikes: Boise and the Grid: The Island of Pringle Square and Connection to DowntownSalem Breakfast on Bikeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5666195730630249633.post-32568361093729972492012-01-12T22:27:28.560-08:002012-01-12T22:27:28.560-08:00Yesterday in a tweet, SJ reporter Timm Collins obs...Yesterday in <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/TimmCollinsSJ/status/157156672924680192" rel="nofollow">a tweet</a>, SJ reporter Timm Collins observed that the Prescott Apartments in Portland were "similar to Pringle Square (Boise Cascade)." He cites <a href="http://djcoregon.com/news/2012/01/09/financing-set-for-155-unit-apartment-building-in-north-portland/" rel="nofollow">a Daily Journal Commerce</a> piece, but <a href="http://chatterbox.typepad.com/portlandarchitecture/2012/01/three-new-housing-projects-sign-of-recovery.html" rel="nofollow">Brian Libby's piece</a> that also discusses two other projects is even better for the purposes of comparison. <br /><br />The Claybourne Commons project is interesting because it shows a similar facade vocabulary - the angled shed roof elements and alternating bays and colors.<br /><br />Collins' comparison, with the Prescott project, is maybe even more interesting - but because of <i>dissimilarity</i>, rather than similarity, though it is a similar size, about 1-1/2 times bigger. The rendering of the Prescott building shows direct links to light rail on Interstate Avenue and plentiful ground floor retail. <br /><br />It is not a bunker at walking level and it connects directly with a rich multi-modal transportation nexus. The differences are important!Salem Breakfast on Bikeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15618055627843335993noreply@blogger.com