Thesis Statement Draft

The Gateway District has all the essentials needed to create a sustainable community; varieties of people with the desire for a community, infrastructure and incredible public transportation. Unfortunately it has been burdened with the negative effects of city sprawl such asstrip malls, heavy automobile traffic and lack of connectivity. The Gateway district is in need of an identity, something to make it unique from other neighborhoods’ while connecting it to Portland and the Northwest. It’s also in need of a center that will provide a common space for all varieties of people to come and share. The new space will become a social hub for the community, somewhere in which everyone will call theirs. It will provide jobs and represent the Gateway district as a whole. (I know what I want the place to achieve, but I still do not know what the facility will be).