{"id":1565,"date":"2008-12-18T13:52:23","date_gmt":"2008-12-18T21:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/?p=1565"},"modified":"2013-02-07T19:10:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T03:10:26","slug":"hard-times-on-south-waterfront-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/12\/18\/hard-times-on-south-waterfront-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"hard times on south waterfront streets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just caught this hilarious video of traffic trying to get up SW Gaines Street in the South Waterfront district &#8211; courtesy of the excellent new Oregonian commuter blog <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/portland_mans_video_of_slip_sl.html\">Hard Drive<\/a>. It&#8217;s especially funny sped up and with the Benny Hill theme music applied!<\/p>\n<p>Check it out:<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"450\" height=\"370\" data=\"http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/mediaplayer.swf\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"opaque\" \/><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"height=370&amp;width=448&amp;autostart=false&amp;autoscroll=false&amp;showstop=false&amp;showicons=false&amp;showdigits=total&amp;controlbar=34&amp;backcolor=0xFFFFFF&amp;screencolor=0x000000&amp;frontcolor=0xDEDEDE&amp;lightcolor=0x00A2FF&amp;logo=http%3A\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/data\/images\/ireport_wm.gif&amp;file=http%3A\/\/ht.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/big\/prod\/2008\/12\/16\/WE00166993\/334202\/Anon1229485073-CarsSlidingDownIcyHill733821.flv&amp;image=http%3A\/\/i.cdn.turner.com\/ireport\/sm\/prod\/2008\/12\/16\/WE00166993\/334202\/Anon1229485073-CarsSlidingDownIcyHill733821_lg.jpg\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.ireport.com\/themes\/custom\/resources\/swfplayer\/mediaplayer.swf\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just caught this hilarious video of traffic trying to get up SW Gaines Street in the South Waterfront district &#8211; courtesy of the excellent new Oregonian commuter blog Hard Drive. It&#8217;s especially funny sped up and with the Benny Hill theme music applied! Check it out:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[225,42,1189,25,13],"tags":[3662],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bloggers","category-fun","category-northwest","category-portland","category-video","tag-portland"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pa8kC-pf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":583,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2007\/12\/11\/whats-up-south-waterfront\/","url_meta":{"origin":1565,"position":0},"title":"what&#8217;s up @ south waterfront","author":"Charles Noble","date":"December 11, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Another article from that lively online journal Crosscut, this time about the new South Waterfront District and what's happening in terms of new development in light of the slowing real estate market and how the area is faring as a neighborhood (and whether it deserves the designation just yet). 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The beloved Waterfront Concert, a gift from the city of Portland to its citizens (with attendance reaching nearly 20,000), is in danger of losing its funding. 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