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Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by lotsofpulp »

brailsafe wrote: post #25
trevoragilbert wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't speak to international arrivals (though I can to the rest of the airport, it's gorgeous), but while PDX is international it only has 5 direct international flights other than Canada. Hardly going to be the focus of the airport.

I suppose with such a large investment though, they'd want to plan for that possibly changing eventually, no? I'd be flying from/to Canada anyway, but if it was a viable and better option compared to others like SF, they'd get my business instead, not that there's much business to give

At 2.5M people, Portland, Oregon metro probably cannot support many international routes (except Vancouver). And it has very few businesses that would necessitate international business travel.

Maybe a flight to Japan, London, mainland Europe, and Mexico.

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by psc »

georgeburdell wrote: post #50
im_down_w_otp wrote: post #21

I just flew through there and saw the renovation for the first time, and it is an absolutely stunning transformation. Just incredible. I loved it. The whole thing. From the ceiling to the ticketing islands to the reworked security to the amphitheater style seating areas at the terminal exit where friends & family can await your arrival. It feels spacious, natural, functional, and hospitable.

Please tell me they kept a patch of the iconic carpet around

Such a notable carpet it even has its own wiki article! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland_International_Airport...

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by seanmcdirmid »

astrange wrote: post #87
seanmcdirmid wrote: post #85

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it’s 4 over 1 here in the Seattle area. Concrete floor one with retail followed by 4 wooden floors of apartments, although that is changing to 5 over 2 in the last few years. Developers love them because they are easier to build and maximize sellable space.

The numbers actually aren't floors, they're sections of the building code. 1 is nonflammable materials like concrete and 5 is most flammable but cheapest. (Pretty sure everyone thinks it means # floors though.) 4 is mass timber, which is a newer very promising material. The article mentions the airport used it, but you can build towers from it quickly, safely, and less chance of hearing your neighbors through the wal…

Oh, that makes sense. Ya, 5 over 1 makes sense in that context. They just happened to be height/floor limited as well compared to a pure concrete/steel construction.

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by blackeyeblitzar »

sexy_seedbox wrote: post #86
im_down_w_otp wrote: post #21

I just flew through there and saw the renovation for the first time, and it is an absolutely stunning transformation. Just incredible. I loved it. The whole thing. From the ceiling to the ticketing islands to the reworked security to the amphitheater style seating areas at the terminal exit where friends & family can await your arrival. It feels spacious, natural, functional, and hospitable.

Is it nicer than Singapore Changi /Jewel?

No, this is mostly the story of a small local airport that was dingy becoming more modern and airy. But it has nowhere near the traffic, amenities, or experience of Changi.

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by seattle_spring »

efitz wrote: post #79
rootusrootus wrote: post #55

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As far as I can tell, those guys mostly only exist in the fever dreams of online commentators.

Except when they're firebombing Portland: - https://www.portlandoregon.gov/police/news/read.cfm?id=27143... - https://www.newsweek.com/molotov-cocktail-portland-protester... Oh look, here's a video showing a guy lighting a firebomb and throwing it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMkTfGlM-f0&t=190s Hmmm, left a bomb behind (guy was caught, extradited and sentenced to 4 years) - https://apnews.com/article/race-and-et…

I also saw a video of a police car flipped and torched in Salt Lake City. Yet, I'm not going around claiming the city is a burnt out husk ran by "antifa" or whoever today's Boogeyman Tucker Carlson espouses.

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by Sparkyte »

swalling wrote: post #66

The wood is pretty, but as someone who uses this terminal, the key improvement is that they raised the ceiling and significantly increased the amount of natural light. Here's a good photo of what it looked like before: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portland_Internation... The major functional drawback is that wayfinding for both arrivals and departures is much worse. The overall flow of foot traffic is way…

I believe the other improvement people don't pay attention to is the new TSA scanners you don't have to take your laptop out.

Re: Portland airport grows with expansive mass timber roof canopy

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Post by jdenning »

rootusrootus wrote: post #51
jeffbee wrote: post #31

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It's a miracle that Portland has direct international service at all. They probably had to bodge on the customs area after the place was built to pick up that route to Vancouver. Also good to keep in mind that a lot of older airports seem kludged together because they were. Fifty years ago passengers were screened at the gate. Then they invented central screening. Then they invented TSA and stopped letting non-passen…

I'm very happy they have a direct route to LHR. I wish BA was more pleasant to fly, but at least they're using 787s for the route. > they invented TSA and stopped letting non-passengers into the terminals I'd like them to uninvent that. I so fondly remember when family could take you to the gate, and meet you when you came home. Now that planes have impenetrable doors, I don't think we need to keep up the absurd leve…

I really wish we could get rid of the TSA, but I don't think it'll ever happen. It's not about security, the whole thing is a jobs program (and always was IMO).
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