What's The Real Reason For RIP? Part 1. (Hint: Its Not To Accommodate Portland's Growth.)
The Residential Infill Project ("RIP") proposal, if adopted by the city council in December, will bring huge and permanent changes to most of Portland's close-in neighborhoods, including Laurelhurst. Perhaps some neighborhoods will welcome a surge in demolition of older homes and construction of duplexes, triplexes, and clusters of small apartments. In own neighborhood, RIP will lead to the demolition of historic older homes both large and small, affordable and otherwise, an
The Residential Infill Proposal (RIP) Is Headed To The City Council
On Monday October 17, city staff at the Bureau Of Planning And Sustainability submitted the Residential Infill Project (RIP) proposals for city council action. Read the proposal here. Recommendations 1 to 3 of the proposal (pages 1 to 14) would limit the size of infill house. That part isn't too controversial, as far as we can tell. However, staff’s RIP proposals adopted the other, controversial, aspects of the earlier version of RIP, that we wrote about on August 2, in "Wh
Q & A On Demolitions
Questions About Demolitions. How many are there? Are they increasing? What sorts of houses are being demolished? Who’s doing it? Will it stop? Can it happen in Laurelhurst? What can we do? Here are some answers. How Many Demolitions Are There? A lot. In 2015, there were 362 demolitions (completed demolitions and demolitions permits issued/in progress). To see clickable maps of all demolitions in each year since 2005, go to the city's Residential Demolition website. F
Video Of The September 27 Presentations
Thanks to a Laurelhurst neighbor, we are providing links to video of the historic district presentations and Q&A at the September 27 LNA meeting. Our thanks to all of the following persons, for volunteering their time to speak with the neighborhood on this important issue. Due to the length of the video, we have split it into nine parts. Introduction, Constance Beaumont, LNA Board. 6:24. Anti-Historic District Viewpoint, Joe Petrina, Petrina Construction. 9:47. Pro-Historic
