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The Eastbank Esplanade (officially Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade) is a pedestrian and bicycle path along the east shore of the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. [1] Running through the Kerns , Buckman , and Hosford-Abernethy neighborhoods, it was conceived as an urban renewal project to rebuild the Interstate 5 bicycle bypass ...
It follows a former railway line from Boring through Gresham to Portland, where it ends south of the Eastbank Esplanade. Most of the corridor, about 21 miles (34 km) long, consists of paved, off-street trail, though about 1 mile (1.6 km) overlaps city streets in Portland's Sellwood neighborhood.
The catalyst for the East Bank's growth was Oracle Corp.'s decision in 2021 to buy 70 acres on the riverfront for what will become their global headquarters, a project estimated at $1.2 billion.
The Laborers' International Union of North America Local 386 and The Fallon Co., master developer of Metro's East Bank project, have a tentative deal.
The Esplanade is a paved walkway along the river, part of a riverfront corridor extending on both sides of the Willamette River within which “river recreational” uses are promoted. Greenway regulations define this zone as 25' from the top of the bank.
While the Imagine East Bank plan calls for swaths of parks and green space, large-scale implementation of that vision is yet to come. The document, adopted by the Metro Planning Commission in 2022 ...
The construction of the lower-deck walkway connected to the Eastbank Esplanade resulted in a sharp increase in bicycle traffic, with over 2,100 daily bicycle crossings in 2005. [16] MAX traffic has tripled since 2000, when only the Gresham–Hillsboro line (now the Blue Line) was using the bridge, to 605 daily crossings (weekdays) as of 2012.
A parking lot view of 201 Cowan St. in Nashville, Tenn., Wednesday, March 13, 2024. The developer that owns this lot is suing Metro for holding his permits to build a 350-unit apartment complex ...