> Come on up here, Carol, and we'll tour the Port of Portland. ck: Oops.Major omission on my part. I'm sure there are others. Last I heard and saw, Portland had a pretty good public transportation system, too. Carol ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Paul" <robert.paul@xxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 03, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Car culture > Carol Kirschenbaum wrote: > >> ck: This should be filed with Mike & Erin's dubious wedding announcement. >> American cities, along with their, suburbs are transforming into small >> urban clusters. In all but a few major US cities with large buildings in >> an older "downtown," the concept of 'downtown revitalization' (70s, 80s) >> reeks of misplaced nostalgia. San Francisco and Seattle are the only two >> cities on the left coast that were developed around a core port, like >> most Eastern cities. > > > 'Well, down along the river just a-sittin' on a rock > I'm a-lookin' at the boats in the Bonneville lock. > Gate swings open, the boat sails in, > Toot that whistle, she's gone again. > Gasoline goin' up. Wheat comin' down.' > > (Woodie Guthrie, 'Talking Columbia Blues') > > Actually, the locks at Bonneville are upstream from Portland, and the > Toyotas and so on stop here. The wheat does come down though. Portland is > the largest grain exporting port in the US. > > Reed began with a bequest from Simeon Reed, who made his fortune in > shipping. No relation to John Reed, also a Portland boy. > > Robert Paul > The Reed Institute > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html