Green Loop

The Green Loop
The Blumenauer Bridge was the first section of the Green Loop to be completed
Locale	Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Characteristics
Design	linear park
Total length	6 mile[ citation needed ] (when complete)
History
Designer	multiple
Opened	in progress

The Green Loop is a proposed urban design concept for a 6-mile-long linear park in Portland, Oregon, United States. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]} First put forward in 2012, ^[6] The Green Loop is part of the Portland Central City 2035 plan. ^[7] Rather than have a single consistent designer, the park will be made of multiple connecting projects led by neighborhood partners. ^{[8] [9]}

Route projects

North Park Blocks

Cart Blocks

• Opened in 2022, The Blumenauer Bridge is the first finished portion the Green Loop, ^{[10] [11]} linking the Lloyd District with Kerns, Portland, Oregon for pedestrians and bikers. ^[12]

• Construction on the I-5 Rose Quarter Improvement Project ^[13] is set to begin in the summer of 2025 ^[14] creating a pedestrian pathway between the Rose Quarter and the Lloyd District.

• The Broadway Corridor Project will continue the Green Loop through the addition of two new North Park Blocks. ^[15] Construction began in 2024 and is estimated to take 15-20 years. ^[16]
• Block 216 continues the Green Loop path for a single block through downtown. ^[17]
• Central City in Motion includes multiple city updates related to the Green Loop on the east side of the Willamette River from Tilikum Crossing to Sullivan's Gulch, Portland, Oregon. ^[18]

• The Culinary Corridor has been suggested as a way to add room for food carts along the path of the Green Loop as it moves through the heart of downtown. If the full idea were put in place, a parking lane from NW Burnside Blvd. through Portland State University would put food trucks in, what Randy Gragg (director of the Portland Parks Foundation) calls, “underused right of way." ^{[19] [20]} The Cart Blocks comprise a portion of this vision, ^[21] along with Block 216 and Darcelle XV Plaza. ^[22]

• The South Park Blocks Master Plan would expand the sidewalk along the west side of the south park blocks to create a Green Loop path. ^[23]
• The Southwest Corridor Plan would have added a MAX Light Rail line between Portland State University and Tualatin, Oregon as well as improving biking and pedestrian infrastructure, however the project was paused in 2020 due to lack of funds. ^{[24] [12]}
• The OMSI Masterplan, approved by the City of Portland Design Commission in 2023, ^[25] includes a portion of the Green Loop. ^{[26] [12]}

See also

• Oregon portal

• City of Parks § Louisville Loop, a proposed ring around Louisville, Kentucky
• Indianapolis Cultural Trail, an 8.1 mile linear park in Indianapolis, Indiana
• High Line, a 1.4 mile linear park in New York City
• Beltline Trail, a 5.6 mile linear park in Toronto

References

1. "Portland's Proposed Green Loop Could 'Reinvent Outdoor Urban Life'". Portland Monthly . Retrieved 31 August 2017.
2. "Could Portland's Proposed Green Loop Reshape the City?". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
3. "The Many Ways the Green Loop Could Change Portland, Explained Live". Portland Monthly. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
4. "The Green Loop". Portlandoregon.gov. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
5. "Bureau of Planning and Sustainability's Green Loop is star attraction at Design Week Portland - News and Updates - The City of Portland, Oregon". Portlandoregon.gov. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
6. Sparling, Zane (July 22, 2018). "Green Loop gets city moving for Sunday Parkways". Portland Tribune . Portland, OR: Pamplin Media Group. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
7. "Adopted Central City 2035 Plan documents". Portland.gov. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
8. "History of the Green Loop". Pdxgreenloop.org. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved February 20, 2025.
9. "The Portland Green Loop" (PDF). Pdxgreenloop.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
10. "Congressman Earl Blumenauer Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge". Portland.gov. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
11. "The Blumenauer Bridge is open to the public". Portland.gov. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
12. "The Green Loop". Portlandmaps.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
13. "Project FAQs" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
14. "CONSTRUCTION BEGINS THIS SUMMER ON I-5 ROSE QUARTER IMPROVEMENT PROJECT". i5rosequarter.org. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
15. "USPS Master Plan" (PDF). www.broadwaycorridorpdx.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
16. "USPS SITE FAQ". www.broadwaycorridorpdx.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
17. "DESIGN COMMISSION APPROVES BLOCK 216 TOWER (IMAGES)". www.nextportland.com. 16 January 2019. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
18. "Central City in Motion - Green Loop Alignment Study". www.portland.gov. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
19. Singer, Matthew (2021-07-22). "The Alder Street Food Carts Have Found a New Home". Willamette Week . Retrieved 2025-02-23.
20. "The Cart Blocks Comeback". Willamette Week. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
21. Gallivan, Joseph (2019-07-17). "Alder Street food carts moving three blocks to Ankeny Square". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on February 24, 2025. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
22. "ABOUT THE CULINARY CORRIDOR". pdxgreenloop.org. 2021-07-07. Retrieved 2025-02-23.
23. "South Park Blocks Master Plan". www.portland.gov. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
24. "SW Corridor". www.trimet.org. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
25. "OMSI District Master Plan Receives Approval from the Portland Design Commission". www.omsi.org. 17 February 2023. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.
26. "The vision, the plan, the cost – OMSI District master plan". www.djcoregon.com. 17 February 2022. Archived from the original on February 20, 2025. Retrieved 20 February 2025.

External links

• https://www.pdxgreenloop.org/