http://www.visionsofthepearl.com/the-pearl daily 0.75 2016-06-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1466013169237-VFLODSD6QILKYDW67VU9/DSC01067.jpg The Pearl A “master agreement” between the city and a developer changed the game and the scale of development. The rails were removed, toxic soil removed or mitigated and a new city street grid imposed on the vacant urban landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1466013169237-VFLODSD6QILKYDW67VU9/DSC01067.jpg The Pearl A “master agreement” between the city and a developer changed the game and the scale of development. The rails were removed, toxic soil removed or mitigated and a new city street grid imposed on the vacant urban landscape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1465500266747-34BO7KLHOALMK4YK7T64/Pear+District%2C+courtesy+Bruce+Forster+%C2%A9.jpg The Pearl Adaptive reuse of old warehouses continued, but a checkerboard of new city blocks began to sprout mid and high-rise structures. The Northwest Triangle was becoming the Pearl District. Photo by Bruce Forster© https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1466013033760-CJDFDOKZBDEXANJ7R6XQ/DSC01108.jpg The Pearl Businesses followed, and urban dwellers sought out homes that no larger had lawns to mow. Powell’s Bookstore, an established tourist attractor, together with the conversion of the old Blitz Brewery into a multiple block commercial and residential complex expanded the district boundaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1465500244141-KXNBSUKA285JWE3XOQ22/The+Streetcar+.jpeg The Pearl The early incorporation of a streetcar program in the Pearl District became a catalyst for development. 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The workshop provided local artists a place to meet and exchange ideas. The building later became the Pulliam Deffenbaugh Gallery https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1465500307585-ACBFH7SA7VW9VUDBWAVX/Elizabeth+Leach+Art+Gallery.jpeg The Cultured Pearl Earlier art galleries flocked to the district replacing the pioneering artists who had embraced the grittiness of the Northwest Industrial Triangle. The artists disappeared along with the grit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/573e0cbd07eaa06756cbc480/1465500326527-RZQAUIVB5QAWSZ4CNIYO/Lovejoy+Column%2C+courtesy+Bruce+Forster+%C2%A9.jpg The Cultured Pearl Artworks are found throughout the district and are typically incorporated into streetscape settings. When the viaduct was torn down several of the supporting pillars were saved. 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