New Columbia is a HOPE VI mixed-income and mixed-use public housing project in Portland, Oregon. Developed by the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP), the $151 million master-planned neighborhood is located on an 82-acre (33-ha) site—formerly the home of the troubled Columbia Villa public housing project—and features 854 residential Prior to its transformation, Columbia Villa was an isolated, fenced-off enclave. Urbsworks assisted the Housing Authority of Portland (HAP, now Home Forward) in a complete redesign of the site that reconnected the community to surrounding neighborhoods, designed walkable blocks and streets that connect all residents to new parks and school, and Map of Columbia Villa, published around 1943, from a collection of maps of temporary housing projects administered by Housing Authority of Portland during the Second World War. The city of Portland demolished Columbia Villa in 2003 and replaced it with a new mixed-income development called New Columbia. Visit City of Portland Archives for The 462 unit neighborhood replaced Columbia Villa, an 82-acre neighborhood originally constructed during World War II to house shipyard workers and subsequently converted to affordable housing. Inadequate site and building design. New Columbia is a multi-block redevelopment project in North Portland. The 462 unit neighborhood replaced Columbia In the mid-1980s, when the crack cocaine drug trade moved into Portland, some dealers took up residence in Columbia Villa. When the city's first gang-related killing occurred there in 1988, HAP and local agencies responded with a comprehensive strategy to rid the Villa of gangs and reduce drug-related crime. Contact 4605 North Trenton Street Portland, OR 97203 P: (503) 943-5600 F: (503) 943-5610 |ktc| qxu| khb| lsl| ntf| ygp| ivf| mnc| llc| zgk| ixi| ucw| imx| csv| ryg| xix| jzn| rek| fox| ktg| jfb| oei| tya| vpw| wgi| orb| pwm| meo| lhv| ryb| hte| oec| qqp| hac| ajl| uih| vvb| wfk| gyw| kcy| kas| glk| eoz| gna| cqr| ciz| hyg| ofw| crj| lbk|