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Friday Fun: Even More Portland-y Time Lapse

Ron Ares — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:29:12 +0000

It seems Portland photographers are vying for the “Top Portland Time Lapse Video Award”. That’s fine with me.

Another beautiful example, Finding Portland:

Finding Portland from Uncage the Soul Productions on Vimeo.

Video by Uncage the Soul Productions.

Friday Fun: Another Portland Time-Lapse Vid

Ron Ares — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 15:03:53 +0000

Put ‘time-lapse’ and ‘Portland’ in the same sentence and I’m hooked.

Here’s another from John Eklund. Watch it in full screen or from the Vimeo page for better resolution.

If you missed the earlier Portland time-lapse find by Lance Page, catch it here.

Hat tip to Rick Turoczy for the find.

‘Stuff’ Portlanders Say

Ron Ares — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 01:52:41 +0000

Riffing on the explosively viral ‘Sh*t Girls Say‘ video meme, it was only time before a Portland version emerged.

Given the Portlandia mania, it would be tough to pull off something totally fresh. A few clinkers here, but offset by a number of classic Portland truisms.

Click here to view the embedded video.

How long before the inevitable Vancouver, WA version?

Friday Fun – Portland At Night, Time-Lapse Video

Ron Ares — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:12:48 +0000

I’m a sucker for time-lapse video, especially if Portland scenes are involved. Here’s a beaut:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Photography by Lance Page. Music soundtrack provided by Andrew Parish.

Friday Fun – We Love our Timbers

Ron Ares — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 18:15:14 +0000

Major League Soccer fans across the country know that Portland has the most rabid, passionate fans in the league. Sure, the Blazers are the top game in town, but the Portland Timbers are giving them a run for their money when it comes to promotion.

Coach John Spencer is a big part of that. And whenever I need a laugh, this Alaska Airlines ad does the trick:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Friday Fun – “If Public Art Could Talk”

Ron Ares — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:26:14 +0000

Another Portland-y vid from Mike Vogel, this one titled “If Public Art Could Talk“.

It’s mostly safe for work.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Friday Fun: ‘Tiny Portland’

Ron Ares — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:35:09 +0000

I just love this 1-minute-long, a-day-in-the-life video montage of Portland.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Produced by local film maker Mike Vogel. Music by Trevor Bennett.

Midcentury modern fans get a Rummer fix

Ron Ares — Fri, 13 May 2011 19:43:20 +0000

Modern home enthusiasts, take heart.

While the popular Street of Eames home tour ended its 5-year run last spring, Atomic Ranch fans can still get their fill of California modernist design with the Rummer/Oak Hills House Tour, scheduled for Saturday, May 21 between 10am and 4pm.

Sponsored by the Historic Preservation League of Oregon, the tour features inside peeks at 8 Robert Rummer-designed homes in the 256-acre Oak Hills planned development just north of the Sunset Highway at Cornell Road. In addition, tourgoers get a midcentury modern architecture lecture and a Q&A session with Mr. Rummer himself.

Buy your tickets here.

Hat tip to M Realty’s modern home specialist, Marisa Swenson.

Find Your Badass Portland Neighborhood

Ron Ares — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 17:47:08 +0000

As a Realtor, it’s not uncommon to field questions about which neighborhoods have low crime, good schools, ‘like-minded’ neighbors (either politically or demographically), and other personal preferences.

Unfortunately, Fair Housing laws limit our ability to guide or ‘steer’ people into specific neighborhoods based on our opinion of a neighborhood’s racial complexion, family-friendliness, safety, and other social factors. Often, we just point them to the raw data, where available, and let them come to their own conclusion.

Over the years, sites like PortlandMaps, Walkscore, and others have made this process a lot easier, through geomapping and other visualizations. For example, I love M Realty’s Walkscore heatmap view for searching in highly walkable neighborhoods.

But what if someone wants to know where Portland’s badass neighborhoods are?

I have little to no hipster in me, so I wouldn’t even know where to start. But a couple local dudes apparently do and have created the city’s first bad-assness index.

The factors:

Public transportation availablity. Good.
Property values. Yes.
Bike access. Sure.
Beer availability. Still with you.
Coffee locations. Makes sense.
Food cart proximity. I suppose…
Pinball availability…um.
Strip clubs…no comment.

Pull together the data, geocode it, and turn it into a heatmap, and voila — Portland’s badass neighborhoods (PDF).

Areas of town get ratings from from ‘Hella Badass’ to “Flannelville” to ‘Vancouverish’ at the low end (sorry my Clark Country friends). The Boise neighbhorhood gets top prize, followed closely by Goose Hollow and Oldtown/Chinatown. Your mileage may vary, as they say.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Shout out to Rick Turoczy at the Silicon Florist for the find. From Dillon Mahmoudi on Vimeo.

Portland: A City Where Young People Go to Retire

Ron Ares — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:55:00 +0000

Fred Armisen pokes fun at Portland and its hipster scene in his new show, Portlandia.

(Media link here if video doesn’t appear below.)

You’ve got to admit, some of it’s true

More clips.