On Point now joins Papa Murphy as the other vacancy in the Stadium Fred Meyer building. I imagine there’s more to the story than just needing a bigger space because if that’s all it was they could have combined with the pizza spot. Add yet another casualty to the stadium district. Like many others I’m anxiously following Kroger’s closing list to see if the Fred Meyer gets on it or not. Rumors, speculation and fears about that have been circulating for a while now.
The escalators at Stadium Fred Meyer are increasingly out of order and for longer stretches. A company considering closure is unlikely to invest in substantial repairs or remodeling. Since corporation headquarters never answers our questions, we are left to speculate.
The truth is that no one outside the office workers and bureaucrats (and their hangers-on) needs downtown. Portland's small, decentralized neighborhoods have just as many tattoo parlors, bars, restaurants, and shop to keep people from navigating the horrors of our freeways, Max (our rolling insane asylum), and the PBOTized downtown streets, not to mention parking (and busted ticket-dispensers).
On Point now joins Papa Murphy as the other vacancy in the Stadium Fred Meyer building. I imagine there’s more to the story than just needing a bigger space because if that’s all it was they could have combined with the pizza spot. Add yet another casualty to the stadium district. Like many others I’m anxiously following Kroger’s closing list to see if the Fred Meyer gets on it or not. Rumors, speculation and fears about that have been circulating for a while now.
That would be a tragedy.
The escalators at Stadium Fred Meyer are increasingly out of order and for longer stretches. A company considering closure is unlikely to invest in substantial repairs or remodeling. Since corporation headquarters never answers our questions, we are left to speculate.
The truth is that no one outside the office workers and bureaucrats (and their hangers-on) needs downtown. Portland's small, decentralized neighborhoods have just as many tattoo parlors, bars, restaurants, and shop to keep people from navigating the horrors of our freeways, Max (our rolling insane asylum), and the PBOTized downtown streets, not to mention parking (and busted ticket-dispensers).