News
The hollywoodHUB brings affordable housing to Portland neighborhood
In 1906, public transportation in Portland’s Hollywood neighborhood started with the Rose City Line streetcar running down Sandy Boulevard. More than 100 years later, MAX trains, buses, cars and bikes crisscross the area. As the neighborhood has grown, more public transit options and more housing have become available. Now, construction is underway for the hollywoodHUB,…
Portland Mayor talks to Street Roots about homelessness plan
Portland Mayor Keith Wilson is a systems improvement expert. If you ask the former CEO of Titan Freight Systems about the local homelessness response system, he’ll say it has fallen short for years, mainly due to a missing link in the shelter continuum: emergency nighttime shelters. Through baseball metaphors and a contemplative demeanor, Wilson speaks…
Culture
Stuart Murdoch on his new book Nobody’s Empire
There’s no need to interrogate Belle and Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch about whether his debut novel, Nobody’s Empire, is autobiographical. It’s very openly his story — a coming-of-age novel set in Glasgow in the early ’90s, with the main character “Stephen” soaked in music as a DJ and fan but not yet playing it himself.…
