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City reverses block party snub

State regulations were never the problem

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Allan Classen
Oct 28, 2024
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The city that promotes all manner of non-auto activation of streets could not accommodate a block party on Northwest Overton Street.

A year after neighbors filed a permit—and on the heels of this reporter’s queries—the Portland Bureau of Transportation reversed itself, apologizing for mishandling the affair.

“At the bureau, we have in recent months been r…

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