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The Gibbs Street Pedestrian Bridge design team evaluated a range of bridge types during a design charrette in June 2008. The team is focusing its investigation on three bridge types: concrete box girder, steel box girder, and extradosed (a type that combines features of cable stayed and box girder structures). In September 2008, the team recommended the extradosed bridge type based on aesthetics, cost and ease of construction.

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Several bridge types are being considered for the new Portland-to-Milwaukie light rail crossing of the Willamette, including cable-stayed (second image from top), wave frame (third from top) and through arch (bottom image).

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South Waterfront continues to develop under the guidance of increasingly detailed design efforts, including refinements to the South Waterfront Greenway (top), updates to zoning and design codes (middle), and amendments to street standards to reflect district progress and recent developments (bottom).

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Through its Green Investment Fund program, Portland is helping reshape the City’s energy and environmental future through a creative suite of sustainability measures that include: more ecoroofs and rain gardens, some of the City’s largest solar arrays to-date, wind turbines, water reuse structures, and building re-use and material recycling. The 2008 GIF winners include: One Waterfront Place (upper left); Mercy Corps’ Skidmore Fountain Building (upper right); Park Avenue West (middle left); the former Meier and Frank warehouse at 14^th and Everett (top middle right); Portland Parks & Recreation’s East Portland Community Center Aquatics addition (bottom middle right); Simpson Commons (bottom left); and 12W (bottom right).

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Through its Green Investment Fund program, Portland is helping reshape the City’s energy and environmental future through a creative suite of sustainability measures. Built on a former brownfield, One Waterfront Place (upper left) will use ecoroofs, rain gardens and planters to treat stormwater and restore wildlife habitat, achieving LEED(r) Platinum certification. Mercy Corps, a Portland-based humanitarian agency, is transforming the historic Skidmore Fountain Building (upper right) into its new global headquarters using an integrated design that significantly reduces the building's energy, water and material use. Park Avenue West (middle left) will be Portland’s third tallest building and the first in Portland to utilize an open-loop ground-source heat pump system to save energy. The former Meier and Frank warehouse at 14^th and Everett (top middle right) is slated for a LEED Platinum historic renovation, that includes energy-efficiency measures that could improve the building's performance by 62.5 percent over Oregon’s energy code. Portland Parks & Recreation’s East Portland Community Center Aquatics addition (bottom middle right) will be a LEED Platinum project featuring one of Portland's largest solar arrays and will reduce energy use by up to 74 percent and water use by 54 percent over national standards. Simpson Commons (bottom left) will be a mixed use infill development project incorporating several elegant, low-technology strategies to conserve energy and capture stormwater on-site. 12W (bottom right), a new mixed-use tower, may include wind turbines on 40-foot masts, ecoroofs and rainwater storage tanks in a comprehensive approach to stormwater management, high-efficiency systems and use of recycled and reclaimed materials.

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Riverfest08—the City’s first official, large-scale celebration of the Willamette River—took place over 11 days, offered 30 events, and involved over 3,000 Portlanders.

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The Water Bureau’s Salmon Springs Fountain provides a popular and iconic meeting place on the banks of the Willamette.

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A statue of former Governor Tom McCall was dedicated in September 2008 at Salem’s Riverfront Park on the Willamette. The statue which is based on an iconic photograph of the Governor catching a steelhead, honors McCall for his land-mark work in cleaning up the Willamette in the 1970s.