Portland agrees to buy land around downtown Morrison Bridge ramps for $8M to use for event space, parking

The blocks surrounding the downtown ramps to the Morrison Bridge had previously been envisioned as a public market, but that plan fell through years ago.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The Portland City Council voted Wednesday to purchase most of the Morrison Bridgehead blocks for Portland Parks & Recreation, seemingly cementing the site’s future after a long-running plan for a public market ultimately failed to launch.

The Bridgehead blocks consist of the four blocks beneath and between the ramps on the downtown side of the Morrison Bridge; three contiguous blocks along Naito Parkway and a fourth block on the other side of Southwest 1st Avenue, separated by MAX

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