Urban Design
"Urban design’s essential role is to ensure a high level of ambient urban quality. To be successful, urban design must stitch together the public and private realms, offer new social and economic potential, foster sustainability and instill pride and shared ownership in the city’s everyday users." (1)
From the turn of the century City Beautiful Movement ideals to the contemporary urban planning innovations, Portland has consistently prioritized urban design initiatives that have kept them the title of the "Jewel of the Northwest". |
Portland has taken community urban design to new levels that have redefined neighborhood spaces. |
Portland's skyline and visual identity aim to link the built environment to natural beauty of the great Northwest. |
1. Portland Bureau of Planning. "Portland Plan: Conditions, Trends & Issues." Portland.gov. www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/181536 (accessed February 26, 2013).
2. Portland Bureau of Planning. "Urban Design Assessment: Central Portland Plan." Portland.gov. www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/218810 (accessed February 6, 2013).
3. (Image) "Intersection Repair City Repair." City Repair. http://cityrepair.org/how-to/placemaking/intersectionrepair/ (accessed February 26, 2013).
2. Portland Bureau of Planning. "Urban Design Assessment: Central Portland Plan." Portland.gov. www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/article/218810 (accessed February 6, 2013).
3. (Image) "Intersection Repair City Repair." City Repair. http://cityrepair.org/how-to/placemaking/intersectionrepair/ (accessed February 26, 2013).
Anthony Monaco