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SERA project I’m most proud of
I take pride in all the work I’ve done over the years as a member of SERA’s Urban Design + Planning Studio, and I can’t pick favorites. But I will say that I am particularly proud of two of SERA’s other projects – the Civic Redevelopment (for achieving sustainable design in a mixed-use, mixed-income, transit-oriented development) and the Courtyard by Marriott – Portland City Center (for transforming a much-maligned, vacant building into a beautiful, transit-oriented, LEED-Gold hotel).
Colleges I’ve attended and degrees earned
B.A. Comparative Literature and History (Brown University), M. City Planning (University of Pennsylvania)
Architectural influencers
Frank Furness
Car, bike or bus
Bike
Fondest childhood memory
I broke an escalator once; scared me at the time, but since then I’ve learned never to underestimate a five-year-old with a plastic spoon
Favorite nonprofit
Friends of Trees, for their success in building both a healthy community and an urban canopy
Favorite restaurant
Liepzig Tavern
One thing that would improve our city
Viable, walkable, bike-able mixed-use districts in East Portland
My dream home
My Southeast Portland bungalow; I’m living the dream
