LOCA @ The Goat Blocks, the subject of our second most viewed post of 2015
2015 is the first full calendar year Next Portland has been in operation, and it’s been a year of huge growth for the site. As the year draws to a close it seemed like a good time to look at what the most popular posts of the year were. If there’s an overall trend evident it’s that posts about tall or large buildings do well. The single most popular post was the round up of the 25 tallest buildings planned or under construction. Posts about high rise buildings under construction—including Block 136, The Cosmopolitan, The NV (formerly The Overton), and Yard (formerly Block 67)—feature prominently in the list. The giant development at Oregon Square makes the list three times, and the redevelopment of the USPS site in the Pearl is included three times. The most popular post about a single project covered LOCA @ The Goat Blocks, a superblock development currently under construction in inner Buckman.
Other posts to make the top 25 were more surprising. The list includes the Worldmark by Wyndham and The Society Hotel, both relatively small hotel projects in Old Town. The initial post about 3rd & Taylor likely performed so well not because of the scale of the project, but because Next Portland was the first place to write about the potential demolition of the Hotel Albion. At only 8 stories Carbon12 wouldn’t come close to making the list of the tallest buildings planned for Portland, but is notable for the fact that the high rise structure will be built out of wood.
Were there any posts you particularly enjoyed reading this year? Let us know in the comments. Here is the full list of our most popular posts of 2015:
1 – Focus: 25 Tallest Buildings Planned or Under Construction
3 – Burnside Bridgehead, Pt II: Block 67
4 – Focus: 20 New Hotels Proposed For Portland
5 – Worldmark by Wyndham set to receive Design Advice
6 – Carbon12, an 8 story wood building, proposed for N Williams
7 – Concepts released for redevelopment of USPS site
8 – Pre-Application Conference scheduled for SW 3rd & Taylor
9 – Under Construction in Old Town: The Society Hotel
11 – Lloyd Cinemas redevelopment returns in front of Design Commission (images)
13 – Burnside Bridgehead, pt I: Block 75
14 – PDC identifies preferred concept for Post Office site
15 – Block 136 heading to Design Review
16 – Under Construction in South Waterfront: Block 37
17 – North Pearl High-Rises, Part II: The Overton
18 – Design Commission approves Oregon Square
19 –Design Commission reviews Oregon Square
20 – Oregon Square update
21 – North Pearl High-Rises, Part I: The Cosmopolitan on the Park
22 – Design Commission approves The Porter hotel
23 – 4th & Harrison returning for Design Advice
24 – Grand Belmont returns before Historic Landmarks Commission
25 – Hyatt Regency at the Oregon Convention Center
Congrats with the growth of the site! Its been a great resource. I’ve really enjoyed some of the rollup articles on trends that cover the whole region, like the list of upcoming hotels since that isn’t something I normally think of at scale, and its much more staggering to see them all listed off like that.
Thanks. There are more of those kind of posts on the “articles to write” list.
Thanks for making this site! I check it daily.
I always enjoy getting updates on the James Beard market. It’s moving along at a pretty slow pace but I think it’s gonna be the most influential project in downtown Portland for a long time, at least until they start construction on the usps site:)
I enjoy getting updates on the James Beard Public Market too! The schedule presented to the Multnomah County Board of Commissioners earlier this month indicated that in 2016 most of the JBPM Foundation efforts will be spent on fundraising, which will apparently be easier now that they have control of the site. They’re not planning on a Design Advice Request until late 2016 / early 2017, so it may be a while before there are new drawings we can post on Next Portland.
That’s great to hear that there moving forward! I’m really interested if they remove the ramps and if they do how that’ll effect the building concept and design. By the way it was really interesting to meet the man behind the writing with that DJC article on you. Congrats on that, that’s really cool!
*they’re. Lol