{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Portland's new charter has the city newly divided into 4 precincts electing 3 councilors each (no longer holding administrative...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/722091690943496192/", "html": "<p>Portland&rsquo;s new charter has the city newly divided into 4 precincts electing 3 councilors each (no longer holding administrative portfolios). There&rsquo;s three plans thatre pretty similar, they have</p><ul><li>everything east of 82nd</li><li>North and inner northeast</li><li>Inner southeast</li><li>West-of-the-river plus some portion of the east side</li></ul><p>This last one is where the plans really vary, the included area is either</p><ol><li>Sellwood, which kinda relates better to downtown as a streetcar suburb than the rest of the eastside where you have to get past a railroad moat, through an industrial area, and then you&rsquo;re still kinda nowhere</li><li>Lloyd Center, where they first thought the freeway crossing would make for a new downtown in the <b>&lsquo;60s</b>, but still serves as a beachhead of inner city life with new towers and a baseball stadium potentially replacing the mall</li><li>A few blocks in all along the bank of the Willamette, the areas once relating to a working waterfront which in either industrial use or redevelopment will consist of a distinct zone</li></ol>"}