Concordia

NE Alberta Street runs right through the southern edge of Concordia, so you get the independent coffee shops and restaurants without paying Alberta Arts District prices. Extracto is a ten-minute walk. The Last Thursday crowds are within range if you want them, far enough away if you don't. The old Concordia University campus — the Lutheran school that closed in 2020 — sits at NE 28th and Killingsworth. Parts of it have been converted to housing and community use; the main building still looks like a college campus dropped into a residential neighborhood, which is exactly what it is.

The housing is mostly bungalows from the 1920s and 1940s — smaller lots, smaller square footage than what you'd find in Irvington, but the same architectural era. People buy here when they lose a bidding war on a house in Alberta proper and then realize this was the better deal all along. The blocks between NE 33rd and NE 42nd are the core residential streets. Gardening is taken seriously here — front yards tend to be planted, not just mowed. Community garden plots fill up years in advance.

Killingsworth Street east of 33rd is rougher than the residential blocks, and there's a noticeable drop-off in walkability once you're east of 42nd. The schools in the attendance area are mid-tier within PPS — not the district's worst, not the best. Inventory is limited and buyers who discover this neighborhood often get competitive fast. The good news is that the price gap from Alberta has been shrinking for several years, which means entry points are still meaningfully lower but the discount won't last forever.