Little red food cart: Local Motive

Crazy for Cornmeal Encrusted Razor Clams? Here's your cart!  Local Motive is the newest (and the most colorful) cart to join the growing South Waterfront food cart scene.

Their menu is local, organic and seafood-centric, featuring chowder, salads and sandwiches, and a Crispy Panko Cod if you're lucky. 

They have a Facebook page, which you can find here: www.facebook.com/localmotivepdx - you can also follow them on twitter: @localmotivepdx

Have you tried Local Motive yet? We'd love to hear about it! Please leave your comments below.

Marquam Hill Lecture Series starts Thursday

This Thursday evening is the launch of a fascinating series of lectures at OHSU-- the Marquam Hill Lecture Series.

South Waterfront-ers, this is open to the public; hop the Tram and check it out. This week's talk will be covering the causes of asthma and possible future cures, with renowned researcher Allison Fryer, PhD.

• When: Oct. 20 @ 7:30pm
• Where: OHSU Old Library Auditorium - (Located past the ER entrance, on the right from Sam Jackson. Signs will be posted. Parking lot adjacent to the Auditorium is free.)
• Map of Marquam Hill: http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/about/visiting/directions/marquamhill.cfm
• Signup: Attendance is free, but reservations are requested. Get more details and sign up here.

"Since 1981, the OHSU Marquam Hill Lectures Series has brought together leading members of the OHSU faculty with the public to feature innovative and cutting edge biomedical research and clinical advances that will form the basis of tomorrow's cures and treatments. The Marquam Hill Lecture Series is one of the most popular and long-standing lecture series about science by scientists in Oregon. Information about the first lecture of the 2011-2012 season is now available."

Oct. 14: More photos of the light bridge site

Here are a few afternoon shots of the light bridge construction site, and a slight appearance by Mount St. Helens in the distance.

You can always find details and up-to-date info on the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Project on their project website. In fact, they have a live webcam from OHSU & OMSI, as well as several timelapse videos.

For your reference, in July I posted a few photos taken from the OHSU Tram.

Have a great weekend everyone!

Groundbreaking Ceremony for OHSU Collaborative Science Building

The groundbreaking ceremony for the new Oregon University System/OHSU Collaborative Life Sciences Building took place in the South Waterfront this morning. 

 The new building will be a collaboration involving OHSU, PSU and OSU, promoting partnerships between the schools, and housing programs from each university, including new School of Dentistry facilities. (You can find a little bit more via coverage from the Portland Tribune , Oregonian & BizJournal earlier this week.)

We are headed to that white tent below:

 It was a packed crowd, overflowing the tent.

The event kicked off with an appearance and speech by Governer Kitzhaber, highlighting the purpose and hope for this project: Innovation - Partnership - Philanthropy - Optimism.

We heard from med students, donors, and the presidents of all 3 universities.

Groundbreaking ceremony complete with lots of shovels, shovelers, and some very nice dirt trucked in for the occasion:

In blue, a representative of the Schnitzer Family, the donors of the waterfront land the new Schnitzer Campus will be built on.

 President Robertson takes an interview.

Model of the future complex:

Additional coverage:
http://www.pdx.edu/news/oregon-universities-create-jobs-and-educational-opportunities-new-collaborative-life-sciences
http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2011/10/13/ground-broken-for-295m-teaching.html?page=all

Barge launch video Oct. 11

The "Dale Frank Jr." barge was launched by Zidell from the South Waterfront on Monday. For those of you who missed it, here is a video posted by one of our neighbors in the Meriwether.