Continued appeal on behalf of the New Chinatown/Japantown Historic District
Photo by Brian Johnson. UPDATED February 4, 2020 - In an opinion issued last week, an Oregon Court of Appeals ruling upheld the state Land Use Board of Appeals August 2019 ruling on compatible heights in the Chinatown-Japantown historic district and agreed with us that the City of [...]
Preservation Legislative Alert
UPDATE (April 2, 2019): Your testimony is still needed! Please submit your testimony by Wednesday afternoon, April 3, before the next committee hearing. Address your testimony to Senator Dembrow (committee chair) and to the committee clerk, and email it to: [email protected].gov [email protected] Two important legislative bills that could have substantial [...]
Catherine Mary Galbraith, 1950-2018
Cathy Galbraith at the Architectural Heritage Center, whose careful restoration she led and oversaw from 1994-2005. Photo by Lincoln Barbour, 2009. It is with sorrow that we announce the death of Cathy Galbraith, founding director of the Bosco-Milligan Foundation. We are saddened that the preservation community has lost [...]
City housing proposal still being debated
Buckman neigbhorhood. Photo by Brian Johnson July 24, 2018 - Portland’s city planners have recently delayed a decision on a proposal aimed at increasing density in residential neighborhoods and largely eliminating single-family residential zones throughout most of the city. If approved as proposed, the plan would allow duplexes, [...]
City action threatens Chinatown/Japantown Historic District
Widening Burnside and cross intersections SW 5th (City of Portland, A199-004.339) July 11, 2018 - The Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center has filed an appeal of Portland’s Central City 2035 Plan with the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals in an effort to protect the city’s New Chinatown/Japantown historic [...]