If you like the look of downtown Portland, for example the fact that the riverfront is a park and not a freeway, or the fact that downtown buildings don’t block the view of Mount Hood from important landmarks, it’s in large part because of Ernie Bonner’s work as Portland’s planning director from 1973 to 1978. Ernie, who died on April 22, also started a website with a history of Portland’s planning, pdxplan.org, and comments from people who were involved in the process. Take a look, and think of Ernie.
Ernie Bonner
If you like the look of downtown Portland, for example the fact that the riverfront is a park and not a freeway, or the fact that downtown buildings don’t block…
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R.I.P. Ernie Bonner, Portland Planning Guru
We were reminded yesterday by Isaac Laquedem that Ernie Bonner died last week, which reminded us in turn that The Oregonian profiled his life in its Saturday edition: From the moment he arrived in 1973 to become director of urban planning, Ernie Bonner…
R.I.P. Ernie Bonner, Portland Planning Guru
Note: This post has been updated. Any and all updates appear at the end of the original post. We were reminded yesterday by Isaac Laquedem that Ernie Bonner died last week, which reminded us in turn that The Oregonian profiled his life in its Saturday …