User:Mattmcc

My name is Matt McClanahan. I've lived in Tualatin, Oregon since 1984. With some oddly random exceptions, most of my contributions focus on my own little world, the Northwestern US, the Portland area in particular.

Unsorted Musings

 * There doesn't appear to be an article for Benson Bubblers, the drinking fountains found in downtown Portland.
 * This hasn't gone entirely unnoticed, see Talk:Portland, Oregon.
 * Simon Benson's article briefly mentions it.


 * Speaking of fountains, The Downtown Portland article might benefit from a section on its various water fountains
 * Information on the Oregon coast seems pretty thin.
 * Much more can be said about the relatively brief life of the Japanese submarine Sensuikan Toku
 * I-70 through the Glenwood Canyon deserves a little more detail for the efforts made to minimize environmental impact.
 * Curiously, while Dr Seuss's article does mention it, there's no mention on the Lorax article about the controversy surrounding it, including banning attempts, and the pro-logging response, Truax by Terri W. Birkett.
 * The Secret Alchemy of Dr. Seuss
 * Native Forest Council


 * No article for the Mazamas. No shortage of information .  Mention its founding in the Mount Hood article?
 * Kind of curious that none of the articles relating to Pearl Harbor seem to mention the mock attack by the USS Saratoga (CV-3) three years prior to the Japanese attack, which followed much the same strategy, and caught the base completely by surprise. One would've thought that might have inspired them to improve their defenses.
 * Tom McCall quotes:
 * "Heroes are not statues framed against a red sky; they are people who say: ‘this is my community and it’s my responsibility to make it better.'"
 * "If Oregon can do it, other people try it"


 * Linkspammers
 * 65.127.8.2
 * 71.113.3.178


 * What can be done for Passenger rail terminology? It seems to overlap a fair amount with Tram.
 * A surprising number of images in the Commons Tram area don't have the Tram category set on them.

=Burnside Bridgehead=

The Burnside Bridgehead project is a mixed-use development effort in Portland, Oregon being managed by the Portland Development Commission. The site occupies five city blocks north of the east end of the Burnside Bridge, totalling 195,500 square feet, and sits within the PDC's Central Eastside Urban Renewal Area.

In the fall of 2004, the PDC sent out a request for proposals from developers. Proposals were received from three firms: Beam Development, Opus Northwest, and Gerding/Edlen Development. Initially, Opus and Gerding/Edlen included a big box store as part of their proposal. However, in response to widespread public opposition to such a design, both firms removed them from their proposals.

On April 27, 2005, the PDC selected Opus Northwest for the contract to develop the site.