All Things Portland

[Fez Hammersticks]

North Pearl is booming. This is now rising - unique footprint similar to that Burnside tower above ^

 

[BlazerCaravan]

I like that it's made almost entirely of clear Lego bricks.

 

[MickZagger]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...tral_question_can_indus.html#incart_big-photo

I'm having problems linking stuff on this new layout.

 

[jlprk]

2 days ago, a fire ruined a 5-story high building. Built in 1390, it was a century old when Columbus sailed for America.

Before and after:

2 other pictures
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-01/03/c_133894209_2.htm
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/china/2015-01/03/c_133894209_3.htm

 

[BLAZINGGIANTS]

http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...tral_question_can_indus.html#incart_big-photo

I'm having problems linking stuff on this new layout.

Some family owns most of a block in the area they're talking about. Real Estate developers are trying to buy land at below market then turn around and make big profits when they'd build condos and/or apartments.

 

[THE HCP]

Not seeing the pics, just links!

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

New estimates call for nearly $200m to repair this building - gutting the entire structure.

There's no way. They have to just tear down this eyesore. The only thing worth saving is the statue.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

This is about to break ground - The Hilton Curio.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The 'Right To Dream Too' camp are moving from their Chinatown location to a lot directly south of OMSI.

I would be pissed if I were OMSI.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

North Portland continues to boom.

As does the gentrification of NE. This area of the city has improved dramatically over the past 5 years. Condos are being built in north Portland - freaking condos! Many would've scoffed at that idea 10 years ago.

An all-wood framed condo building, N. Williams:

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

The $200m convention center (Hyatt) hotel looks like a go. It only took a decade:

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The height was readjusted with the idea that they didn't want to distract from the CC glass towers. Thanks, hippies.

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Remember the 75 acres (Hillsboro) that Nike sold last summer?

The company that purchased will soon break ground on this huge golf/entertainment complex:

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Under Armor's new HQ:

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Talk about a game changer:

"Oh, and atop the market, two towers, 20 stories high, rising “like sails” on each side of the bridge."

 

[THE HCP]

^What is that and where is that going to be?

 

[Fez Hammersticks]

Portland's version of Pikes Market.

The full concept hasn't been fully revealed yet but this has been in the works for a while. The 'sail' towers + an office tower not shown in that rendering above:

 

[porkchopexpress]

Under Armor's new HQ:

Is (or I guess was) that the Y?

 

[THE HCP]

^Yes

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This photo actually shows several lost treasures. It was taken during the 1905 Lewis & Clark Exposition and shows fair-goers walking on a bridge over Guild's Lake. Nearly all the buildings constructed for the fair were intended to be short-lived, though at least one survives. The National Cash Register building was moved to St. Johns where it is now a McMenamins tavern. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

This was the second home to The Oregonian, which was founded in December 1850 and remains the oldest business in the state of Oregon. The newspaper published out of this building at Southwest Sixth Avenue and Alder Street from 1892 until 1948, when it moved to its then-new building at 1320 S.W. Broadway. This building, Portland's tallest for a brief time, was demolished in 1950.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Built in 1885 at Southwest 14th Avenue and Morrison Street, Portland High School was the city's first dedicated public high school building. It was renamed Lincoln High School in 1909, the same year that the current Jefferson High School was built. Lincoln High moved into a new building (now Lincoln Hall on the PSU campus) in 1912 and this building was torn down in 1929. (Portland Archives and Records

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Ideal Cafeteria and the Baxter Apartments were both housed in this building, which use to sit on a lot at the corner of North Interstate Street and Albina Avenue in the Albina District. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Central School, built on the block that is now home to Pioneer Courthouse Square, was Portland's first dedicated public school building. It was built in 1858 and moved in 1883, when the block was sold for what would become the Portland Hotel. (Oregon Historical Society/7098)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

Temple Beth Israel, shown here in 1904, was built in 1888 along Southwest Main Street between 12th and 13th avenues. It remained until Dec. 29, 1923, when it was destroyed in a fire. The congregation then moved to a new temple in Northwest Portland in 1928. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The National Guard Armory was still in one piece when this photo was taken in 1953. Today, much of the section of the building closest to the camera is gone and a condo tower now sits on the site. The back section, however, remains and has been renovated. It is now home to the Gerding Theater at The Armory in the Pearl District. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Lincoln Electric plant (background) was still in operation along Portland's waterfront when this photo was taken in 1924. In the foreground are wooden barrels full of tar to be used in paving projects. The barrels are on a wooden dock at the foot of Southwest Jefferson Street. This area is now part of the bowl in Tom McCall Waterfront Park. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The Portland Hotel was considered the finest hotel in the region for years. It was built on the block that had previously been occupied by Central School and which is now occupied by Pioneer Courthouse Square. After a couple of false starts, it finally opened in 1890 and was demolished in 1951 and the block was used as a parking lot until the square was built in 1984. (Portland Archives and Records Center)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

From about 1926 until about 1940, Portland's airport was on Swan Island. It was considered an advanced design when built but the aviation industry was growing so fast, the city soon had to consider a new location for its airport. That's when it was moved to a location along the Columbia River. The terminal seen here survived until the 1960s. (Wikipedia)

 

[SlyPokerDog]

You can argue whether this building qualifies as a "lost treasure" but it certainly stood out in the Portland skyline of 1912. The building is the Portland Gas Company complex and the street is Southwest Front Avenue. The bridge in the background is the first Burnside Bridge, which was built in 1894. Well in the background at right is the John Deere building, which was new that year. It still stands along the east.

 

[SlyPokerDog]

The lost treasures in this photo aren't just the buildings (this is Southwest Front) but everything else. This 1910 photo is a glimpse into the working waterfront of Portland when horse and wagon was still a prime method of transportation. While you can't see them, the docks along the Willamette River are just out of frame to the left. These wagons would have been carrying freight either coming in or going out. (Portland Archives and Records Center)