• Portland Pedal Power
• SoupCycle
• Portland Pedicab
• B-Line Bike Delivery
• Saint Francis Plumbing
• Spoketown Cargo
• Pedal Bike Tours
• Pedal Fresh

As you can see, this is not a database for bicycle shops in Portland. If you’re interested in supporting or learning more about bike-based business, this is a starting place. For more info and ongoing updates regarding the bike world of Portland, you can’t beat BikePortland.org. Who knows, you may gain inspiration and look at ways that you could integrate a little human-powered transportation in your life, work, and play… If you do get inspired, here’s a recent “Bikin’ in the Rain” practical guide from the Willamette Week.

If you’re in the market for a home, and want to tour homes by bike, let us know. It’s a great way to see neighborhoods and get a feel for bikability. We’d be happy to work that into your home search.

For other unique Portland resources, you can do a keyword search in the upper left corner of this website, or contact us. The River PDX is a Holistic Source for Real Estate. We’re happy to be a resource or be a helpful link in connecting you to the appropriate local service provider or supplier. If you have any suggestions of other businesses that should be added to this particular list, we’d love to learn about them.

Here are three current projects to check out, if any of these descriptions pique your interest:

Division 43 (from low $100s) Woolsey Corner (from $101,600) Killingsworth Station: aka, K-Station (from $169,900)

Division 43 is a unique model of “micro-housing” that we haven’t seen in Portland before. Woolsey Corner also pushes the envelope with its playful details (repurposed instruments in the railings, sculptural downspouts, and live-edge trim accents) and its ownership structure as a Proud Ground Community Land Trust property, which will keep it affordable indefinitely. K-Station is set to be certified as LEED-Platinum building, placing it at the forefront of current sustainable building practices, and they offer a special down payment assistance loan for eligible buyers. This delivers a level of design and performance that hasn’t been available at these prices before in Portland. For more information about any of these properties or the financing available for them, contact me.

The market is being transformed, and as with any system with monetary or design constraints, people get creative to adapt and generate new solutions. I hope you’ve found these options interesting in the least. If you’d like to know more about these properties or any other listings on the market, we’d be happy to set up a customized search to help you find the right fit for your needs. Be in touch. Be well.

IRVING CLASSIC CONDO #303, listed at $219,000

You may recognize this building from:

• Natural Remodeling, the book by Carol Venolia and Kelly Lerner
• Drugstore Cowboy, the 1989 Gus Van Sant film
• Portland City Walks, a walking guide book to Portland by Laura O. Foster
• Portland’s Green Home Tour ’06

AKA, “The New Orleans Building”

This architecturally distinct 1907 building has 24 units overlooking a wonderfully landscaped gated courtyard. This is a one bedroom condo nestled up in the quiet back corner with views of the West Hills and courtyard front porch for relaxing and outdoor dining. Beautiful wood floors, period moldings, porcelain tile counters, stained glass and clawfoot tub give the sense of timeless, enduring integrity. The floorplan includes an entry area to separate the space and an open flow from living to dining and kitchen spaces. The bonus space has been used as an office, a nursery, or a large walk-in closet.[[Show as slideshow]]Between NW 23rd and NW 21st, this Nob Hill location has access to everything. With a walkscore of 98 out of 100, try to think of something you can’t get to within minutes! Contact David, if you’d like to schedule your tour of the Irving Classic Condo or learn more about the great energy efficiency upgrades that have been completed. It is so hard to find period finishes like these with modern day efficiency!

Contact David for more details on energy efficicency upgrades and green remodeling.

Salmon Court Condos on the Bike Boulevard!

list price $165,000  |  LAST ONE! | SOLD

Located on the SE corner of 16th and Salmon, these condos have the feel of a single family home, the convenience of condo living, on a bike route – and affordable to boot! No common walls. Enduring finishes—hardwoods, granite, tile, and stainless. Beautiful “no-mow” landscaping and individual garden spaces. Walkscore 89! The inner eastside easy life. Contact me if you’d like more details, or if you’d like to set up a guided tour of this property. [[Show as slideshow]] Listed by Nick Krautter of Keller Williams.

If you’re interested in seeing this property or other close-in Portland properties, feel free to contact me . You can also search the market while you’re here at  TheRiverPDX.com, or set up some search criteria to receive automatic updates to stay current with the Portland market.

With this in mind, reconsider the following opportunities:

• own a view HOME on NW Cornell for $315,000
• own a LOT with a commanding city and mountain view for $200,000
• own the whole thing, a home on a double lot on NW Cornell for $515,000
• DESIGN a build-to-suit minimalist+ landmark home with stunning views at an amazing location with instant access to the city, Forest Park, and freeways for getaways!

If minimalist+ is not for you, we invite you to bring your builder and architect to assess the great potential on this site. Contact us for further information or to schedule a site visit.

FOR SALE: 2006 SE 32nd Place, Portland, OR 97214, listed @ $393,900

As you cherry pick for the sweetest spots on the eastside, this is one of them–a stone’s throw from Sewallcrest Park, Hawthorne, and Division, yet buffered in the slowed-down quiet of a well-loved Southeast pocket. In classic bungalow fashion, this home boasts a broad front porch, a prominent fireplace, dining room built-ins, and well-articulated moldings. To improve upon the past, the master suite inlcudes a tiled shower and soaking tub. There’s also a skylit bonus room that could be anything from a yoga space, a studio, an office, or a nursery. The kitchen has also been updated with slate tiled floors, tiled counters, and a massive butcher-block island. At its core, this is a 3 bed, 2 bath home with bonus upstairs, sunporch off the back, and full unfinished basement. Situated on this versatile corner lot, there are beds for edible gardening, a patio for BBQs, and a fenced area for privacy and pets. [[Show as slideshow]]As you do your homework, you’ll find that this is one of the most walkable neighborhoods in Portland and the schools are wonderful–Abernethy Elementary, Hosford Middle, and Cleveland High. It’s a trick to find a location like this, with so many amenities while still feeling buffered and calm. Contact me for more details or to schedule a visit.[[Show as slideshow]]If this type of home appeals to you and you’d like to explore other options like it within the Portland market, you can set up a search here, or contact me for a customized residential market search.

This is huge public-private collaboration to close the streets for an extended car-free loop that connects multiple parks all day. It’s a dream to ride all day amongst friends and neighbors and new friends reveling in the open road and the variety of entertainment and activities that await you at each park. On some of the longer open stretches last year, I remember letting myself daydream that this is actually how the city always functions and feels. I think of it creating new urban planning muscle-memory for what’s normal. If it’s difficult to imagine a world with reduced reliance on automobiles, this is an opportunity to develop a vision for it. I know it’s a sunny Sunday daydream, but so were automobiles and highways at one time. Take a ride on one of these glorious Sunday Parkways, and you’ll see. . .and look out for a 6’8″ guy on an orange bike.

For schedules and route maps, visit the Sunday Parkways site.

For more information on the collaboration and how this is manifesting in other metro areas, check out the Sunday Parkways Blog. (Images by Anomalily)