2024-11-21T15:27:22-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/3346375/what-would-you-do-with-sabin-triangle J. James R. 2011-04-18T16:06:59-04:00 >2011-04-18T16:09:15-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/he/hezjd5xzs7rfn7oo.JPG?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A happy example exists at the southwest corner of Northeast 15th Avenue and Prescott Street, a funny little jog in the road where a downtown-to-Alameda streetcar line used to end. After the streetcar stopped running, city leaders opted to plant a few trees and lay down pavement rather than rejigger the road or turn the triangle-shaped spot into something useful.</p></em><br /><br /><p> While architect Mark Nye and Architects Without Borders are working on a solution of their own, the Sabin Community Association will be holding a meeting on May 9th to determine what the triangle will become. David Sweet and Rosemarie Cordello, of <a href="http://www.sabinpdx.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Sabin Community Association</a>, had contacted Architects Without Borders to seek assistance on transforming this piece of land into something for the neighborhood. The city-owned property is not on the list of to-dos for local government and are "happy to let neighborhood groups figure out better uses for stretches such as this one" according to the Oregonian.<br> &nbsp;</p>