Portland's High-Density Successes

Higher-density, mixed-use developments are gaining footholds among public transit routes in Portland.

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April 29, 2001, 9:00 AM PDT

"Portland corralled sprawl better than most similar-sized urban areas during the 1990s, packing in 8 percent more people per square mile. But heavy infill was concentrated to such a small number of areas that 57 percent of the city's residents in 1990 saw no change in density in their neighborhoods."

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FULL STORY: Developers build up, not out, to create denser neighborhoods

Wednesday, April 25, 2001 in The Oregonian

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